By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lebrief
King Mohammed VI has granted pardons to 907 people convicted by Moroccan courts, including 613 detainees and 294 people at liberty. The measure, announced on 30 October on the occasion of the first Unity Day, was communicated by Morocco’s Justice Ministry.
The Casablanca-Settat Regional Multiservices Company inaugurated its new provincial headquarters and a customer service agency in Benslimane on 30 October 2026. The opening is part of the Moroccan operator’s efforts to improve its services, according to La Vie éco.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: La Vie éco ·
Chad’s Minister of Public Security, Gal Ali Ahmat Aghabache, has banned the National Movement for Justice march planned for 31 October 2026. The order applies across the entire national territory and gives two reasons, according to Journal du Tchad.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Journal du Tchad ·
Bank Al-Maghrib has issued a commemorative silver coin worth 250 dirhams for the first anniversary of Unity Day, La Vie éco, Yabiladi and Lebrief report. It marks a date now recognised as a national holiday and public holiday in Morocco, Lebrief notes.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: La Vie éco ·
Morocco’s National Airports Office plans to invest 336 million dirhams to equip the future terminal area of Casablanca Mohammed V Airport. The contract includes 47 boarding bridges, 60 electrical converters and 61 ground guidance systems, according to La Vie éco.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: La Vie éco ·
Russia vetoes US resolution on the SaharaRussia vetoed the US draft resolution on the Sahara at the UN Security Council on Friday, despite 11 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions. The text proposed renaming MINURSO and making Moroccan autonomy the basis for negotiations. A Russian counter-draft remains to be voted on: without the adoption of a text, the mission’s mandate expires on Saturday 31 October, according to Lebrief and TelQuel.
Seven gold miners killed as Tebboune meets Algerian militaryTuareg residents of Tin Zaouatine and Timiaouine are mobilising after seven Algerian gold miners were killed in strikes attributed to the Algerian army. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune met the military high command on 28 October, but the presidency did not link the meeting to the protests, according to its statement.The week in Africa
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