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POLITICSOct 13Morocco officially ignores the royal visit to Ceuta without taking reprisals or tolerating protestsLa prensa marroquí señala que la contención de Rabat no implica renuncia a la reivindicación de soberanía sobre las ciudades autónomasEl País
POLITICSOct 13Felipe VI concludes visit to Ceuta with a warning to Morocco: "Against any risk, our obligation is to defend an inalienable part of Spain"El Mundo
POLITICSOct 13Spanish royals visit Ceuta amid tensions with Morocco over migrant influxSpain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta for the first time in 14 years on Tuesday, as the North African enclave grapples with the aftermath of a mass migrant influx. Authorities have cleared makeshift camps from the beaches ahead of the visit, amid strained relations with neighbouring Morocco.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 13Spanish royals visit Ceuta to back enclave amid border migration strain with MoroccoKing Felipe VI and Queen Letizia kicked off their first visit to Ceuta on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with residents of the Spanish city in North Africa as they grapple with a migration crisis that has strained relations with Morocco. The royal couple will then travel to Melilla, Spain’s other North African exclave, on Wednesday. It will be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe’s father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007. Their visit comes after about 80,000...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 13Morocco's PAM party forms governing coalition with three other partiesMoroccan Prime Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, announced on Monday the formation of a coalition with the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Party of Progress and Socialism.Africanews [en]
POLITICSOct 13Von der Leyen demands "the swift return to Morocco" of immigrants remaining in Ceuta and warns Rabat that "lessons will be learned" from the crisisEn su carta previa al Consejo de esta semana, la presidenta de la Comisión también traslada a los países que deben aplicar totalmente el Pacto Migratorio, algo que España todavía no ha hecho LeerEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 13Spain’s king visits Ceuta amid tensions with MoroccoKing Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are visiting Ceuta months after more than 70,000 migrants arrived from Morocco. While most have returned, thousands remain. The visit has divided residents and risks reigniting diplomatic tensions with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 13Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and MoroccoThe arrival of more than 72,000 migrants in Ceuta from Morocco this summer reignited the debate over Spain's sovereignty on the two autonomous cities on the North African coast. Morocco has claimed this sovereignty since the 1960s, and King Felipe VI's planned visit on October 13 is intended as yet another symbolic rejection of those claims.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 12"Spain!, Spain!,... olé, olé, olé": the Kings return to Ceuta 19 years later and Morocco warns of "blackmail"Felipe VI y Letizia llegan hoy y la gran duda es si Rabat se reserva algún movimiento de represalia LeerEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 12Morocco’s lawyers suspend strike after four monthsAfter more than four months of striking, Morocco’s 19,000 lawyers have resumed work, temporarily suspending their protest against a controversial bill reforming their profession.Africanews [en]
POLITICSOct 12Felipe VI in Ceuta and Melilla: Will the royal visit worsen Morocco-Spain relations?Dix-neuf ans après la visite de Juan Carlos Ier, qui avait provoqué une crise diplomatique avec Rabat, c’est son successeur, le roi Felipe VI, qui se rendra les 13 et 14 octobre à Ceuta et Melilla, sur fond de crise migratoire et de tensions électorales en Espagne.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 11Forced and deceptive returns from Ceuta to Morocco: testimonies of immigrants confirm that the Government protects returns without guaranteesDesalojados de El Trampolín relatan a EL MUNDO cómo les llevan al otro lado de la frontera española y la gendarmería de Rabat les lleva en autobuses a cientos de kilómetros de sus casas LeerEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 10Denise Dusauchoy held in secret in Kinshasa, Morocco facing the Algeria-United Arab Emirates rupture, Senegal's tight debt schedule… The 5 news stories you shouldn't have missedCette semaine, le Brief de Jeune Afrique revient sur la chute de l’influenceuse congolaise Denise Dusauchoy, décrypte les ambitions sahéliennes de Saddam Haftar, s’intéresse aux avocats qui s’imposent dans les batailles politiques ivoiriennes, analyse les conséquences de la rupture entre l’Algérie et les Émirats arabes unis pour le Maroc et évalue la crédibilité du calendrier de restructuration de la dette sénégalaise.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 9A Mohamed VI of extremely weakened appearance opens the new Parliament of Morocco rejecting "pressures, blackmail or threats" from Spain before the trip of the Kings to Ceuta and MelillaEl rey alauí denuncia la "instrumentalización" llevada a cabo por ciertos círculos políticos y mediáticos en España por la crisis ceutí LeerEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 9Morocco: before the king's speech, what is the status of coalition formation negotiations?Les tractations conduites par Fatima-Ezzahra El Mansouri dessinent les contours possibles d’une majorité articulée autour du PAM et des trois partis historiques de la Koutla. Mais les consultations se poursuivent et d’autres options restent ouvertes.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 7Algeria-United Arab Emirates: what their rupture changes for MoroccoPris entre un allié émirati de plus en plus offensif et une Algérie déterminée à reprendre toute sa place dans le Sahel, le Maroc se retrouve au cœur d’un jeu régional qui se tend. La rupture entre Alger et Abou Dhabi pourrait rebattre bien plus de cartes qu’il n’y paraît.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 4Morocco: those (men and women) who whisper in the ear of Fatima-Ezzahra El MansouriPour comprendre l’ascension de la nouvelle cheffe du gouvernement, il faut regarder ceux qui l’entourent. Intimes, stratèges, équilibristes ou protégés, ils racontent aussi la trajectoire singulière du Parti Authenticité et Modernité (PAM) et les réseaux sur lesquels la femme politique pourra s’appuyer.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 3The first woman appointed head of government in Morocco, Sahelian juntas at the UN, the post-Orano in Niger… The 5 news not to be missedCette semaine, le Brief de Jeune Afrique revient sur la nomination de Fatima-Ezzahra El Mansouri, première femme à la tête du gouvernement marocain, décrypte l’entourage de Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, analyse la stratégie diplomatique commune des juntes sahéliennes, examine la relance de l’uranium au Niger et s’intéresse au pari des solutions solaires pour électrifier l’Afrique rurale.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 3Morocco's first female head of government: Symbol or real reform?Fatima Zahra Mansouri has been chosen as Morocco's first female prime minister. Is her appointment a kind of symbolism, to show Morocco in a positive light? Or could Mansouri bring genuine changes for Moroccan women?DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 1King Felipe will not call Mohamed VI before visiting Ceuta and Melilla and Spain awaits a "response" from MoroccoEl jefe del Estado y su mujer pasarán dos jornadas en las ciudades autónomas con el objetivo de estar cerca de la gente LeerEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 1In Morocco, despite the appointment of a female prime minister, the glass ceiling for women remainsOut of 395 MPs elected to Parliament following the September 23 election, women remain in the minority – just 107 seats. Yet, the appointment of Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri by the king brings hope.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 1Amnesty accuses Morocco of spying on activists and journalistsIn a new report, it says intelligence services us a web of surveillance to silence any critical voices.Africanews [en]
POLITICSSep 30Increase in SMIG, tax cuts… In Morocco, does the new head of government have the means for her social ambitions?Le gouvernement Fatima-Ezzahra El Mansouri porte un agenda social inédit, promettant un million d’emplois et des retraites minimales à 3 000 dirhams. Reste à financer un programme aussi ambitieux.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSSep 30Who is Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco’s first female prime minister?Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has been named Morocco’s first female prime minister – another first for the 50-year-old lawyer, who became the first female mayor of Marrakesh 17 years ago. But who is the woman now tasked with leading Morocco’s government?RFI [en]
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