Rabat

Police have yet to determine the cause of the blazes, which occurred after an attack against a camp that hospitalized a six-year-old boy

The Ceuta migrant crisis has made one thing clear: Rabat has acted with the coolness that comes from feeling backed by the United States

An opaque set of social media channels with hundreds of thousands of followers is spreading fake news and exaggerations about the migrant crisis with messages that encourage an insurgency against the Spanish government

Spanish authorities are also working to speed up the removal of the 5,000 irregular migrants still in the city following the influx of July 30 and 31

A study by a Moroccan researcher who followed the crisis in real time shows that online videos of the first successful crossings had millions of views and increased the tide of young people flocking to the border

EL PAÍS gains access to WhatsApp groups coordinating sweeps against foreigners in the Spanish exclave

Hundreds of people are crowded in a small cove in the city, waiting for asylum that never comes

On WhatsApp and Facebook, advice, taunts and requests circulate among Moroccan youngsters over a possible new assault on the Spanish border

The revelation that Prime Minister Ajanuch allegedly took a private trip to Mallorca in the middle of the migration crisis has sparked outrage in Moroccan media

The US president speaks about the recent influx of people into the Spanish enclave in Africa: ‘Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in’

Spanish soldiers have joined the police and Civil Guard officers at the Spanish exclave in North Africa, and authorities say 48,300 people out of an estimated 50,000 have already returned home voluntarily

In the previous major crisis in the city, in 2021, estimates put the number of people who breached border controls at somewhere over 10,000

The exclave city’s local leader, Juan Vivas, has called on Spain’s central government to help, calling the situation ‘a total humanitarian and social emergency.’ In recent days police have recovered more than 25 bodies of migrants who drowned trying to swim to the city

The governing socialists tried to remove references to the ‘Sahrawi people’ from the bill to avoid irritating Morocco, which controls much of the former Spanish colony

After recovering from several ailments, Mohammed VI is encouraging the heir to the throne to represent him at official events, and is elevating him to one of the highest military positions

Police talk about a ‘complex underground infrastructure’ similar to a mine, complete with pulleys, cranes, rails and carts to transport the drug on behalf of ‘a very, very powerful’ organization

Rabat and Algiers have avoided condemning the US and Israeli strikes, amid ongoing talks over the African territory in a dispute that’s about to turn 50 years old

The doctor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging 10 women into having sex with other men. S. I. prescribed cocaine, heroin and other hallucinogens to his female patients until they became addicted

New penal alternatives like community service look to alleviate overpopulation in prisons, where up to three incarcerated people are crammed into spaces designed for one

Washington is preparing to authorize major investments by its companies in the former Spanish colony, where Morocco claims sovereignty despite its UN status as a non-self-governing territory

Political and social groups denounce the presence of soldiers from the Israeli unit accused of the deaths of 15 Palestinian medical workers in the Strip in March

The nearly deserted islet, located just 35 miles from the northern coast of Morocco and belonging to Spain, is being increasingly used by smugglers. A total of 11 soldiers stationed there are struggling to handle the surge

An investigation by EL PAÍS with Lighthouse Reports reveals how Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European financing to detain and forcibly displace migrants and refugees. The victims are primarily Black people. The objective: prevent them from reaching Europe

Accusations launched from prison by a Malian drug lord have led to the arrest of senior officials linked to soccer, politics and construction

The death and injury counts have risen as responders have reached more remote villages, where they dug up bodies and sent people to hospitals

Ahmed, 80, is alive today because minutes before the quake he went out to scare away the wild boar in his orchard. In his village of 500 inhabitants, 37 people were killed