Tag: Morocco

• Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:23 UTC

  Ceuta alerts security forces over social media calls for August 15

  

  The government of Ceuta has referred to the competent authorities messages circulating on Moroccan social media that call for a fresh attempt at irregular entry into the Spanish enclave on August 15, five days after a migration crisis that left dozens dead.

• Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 07:20 UTC

  Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta

  

  Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sources cited by El País. Other reporting contradicts that account on a key point: whether the government was warned in advance.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Paraguay hopes to double beef exports to Morocco

  

  Paraguayan meat shipments to Morocco are expected to double after a team from the South American country met with buyers this week to discuss cooperation in the agricultural sector, with an emphasis on accessing advanced technology and essential fertilizers. Presiding over the mission to Rabat was Representative Carlos Alberto Núñez Salinas of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino).

• Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 08:48 UTC

  FIFA confirms 2030 World Cup to be staged in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco

  

  Football's governing body FIFA announced Wednesday that the 2030 World Cup will be returning to the continent where it all started a century before but after opening games in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, the rest of the event will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 22:08 UTC

  Strong earthquake in Morocco kills hundreds; Marrakesh heavily damaged

  

  A powerful earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night killing at least 650 people, the country's Interior Ministry said adding that 153 people injured in the quake were getting treatment at hospitals. 

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  EU/Morocco fisheries protocol expires; Spanish trawlers the main losers

  

  As of this Monday, 17 July, European trawlers will no longer be able to fish off the Moroccan coast since the fisheries protocol is over, and renewing the protocol will be complicated since Morocco is seeking to secure a more advantageous deal.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 19:54 UTC

  Morocco stun Portugal to become first African team ever among World Cup's last 4

  

  Favorites Portugal of megastar Cristiano Ronaldo Saturday bowed out of the 2022 Qatar football World Cup after a 1-0 defeat against tournament revelation Morocco, the first-ever African team to make it to the semifinals.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Morocco halts flights to / from UK, Netherlands over increasing number of COVID-19 cases

  

  The Government of Morocco has banned flights to the United Kingdom or returning from their effective Thursday over concerns about an increasing number of COVID-19 infections.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 02:56 UTC

  Healthy nonuplets born in Casablanca from Malian mother

  

  A 25-year-old woman from the African country of Mali, who believed she was pregnant with seven babies, ended up delivering nine healthy newborns in Casablanca, Morocco, it was reported.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Statue of Franco removed from the African enclave of Melilla

  

  Spanish dictator Francisco Franco no longer “guards” the city gates of Melilla, a Spanish enclave and autonomous city on the northwest African coast. Without much fanfare, a group of workmen operated a mechanical digger and heavy drills to chip away at the brick platform on which the statue stood, lifted it off by a chain around its neck, and carted it away in bubble wrap on a pickup truck.