Achraf El Hassani

The planned relocation of Casablanca’s Salmia scrap market to Mediouna remains on hold five months after it was announced, with traders still waiting for the new site to be developed and a date for the move to be set.

CNDH President Amina Bouayach tells Le360 that interviews with Moroccans who crossed into Ceuta point to aspirations shaped by idealized images of life online, rather than economic hardship alone. The council’s investigation also identified an intense digital mobilization involving foreign accounts, including some linked to Algeria.

Several Moroccan writers have been shortlisted in different categories of the 12th edition of the Katara Arabic Novel Prize, which received a record 2,610 entries.

Drawing large crowds, the 14th edition of the National Used-Book Fair, held at the Arjoune venue in Casablanca’s Derb Sultan district, has been extended through Aug. 17 to accommodate the strong turnout.

In the third episode of Le360’s Morocco Votes 2026 interview series, Ahmed Mehdi Mezouari, a member of the Political Bureau of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), discusses the recent events in Ceuta, the challenges facing Morocco’s left, political defections, and the future of his party ahead of the 2026 legislative elections.

Video In the second episode of Le360’s Morocco Votes 2026 interview series, Younes Serraj, secretary-general of the Progress and Socialism Party’s (PPS) youth wing, discusses youth participation in the 2026 legislative elections, the impact of electoral corruption on young candidates, the future of Morocco’s left, and his party’s record in government.

Morocco has witnessed a remarkable expansion of its film industry in recent years, emerging as one of the world’s leading destinations for major international productions. This momentum has prompted the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, led by Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, to launch construction of the Ouarzazate International Film Production City, a strategic project designed to strengthen the city’s infrastructure and reinforce its role as a key filmmaking hub in the Kingdom.

Casablanca’s Ouled Ziane bus station, the country’s largest intercity transport hub, is undergoing a major transformation under a MAD 80.7 million renovation project. The main building is now 70% complete, while work on the bus platforms has reached the halfway mark. The project is being carried out through a partnership involving the Ministry of the Interior, the Casablanca municipality, and Casa Transports.

In the first episode of Le360’s special interview series on the country’s upcoming legislative elections, Salah-Eddine Abkari, president of the youth wing of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), discusses the party’s efforts to promote young candidates, its strategy for the 2026 vote, and the debate surrounding the appointments of Faouzi Lekjaa and El Khattat Yanja to its Political Bureau.