By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Spain will shortly begin work to extend the sea barriers at Ceuta and reinforce physical measures on site, in order to limit attempts to cross by swimming. These measures come more than three months after the arrival, on 30 July, of nearly 70,000 people, most of them young Moroccans, according to RFI.
Ongoing story · day by day
More than 70,000 migrants arrive from Morocco in the Spanish enclave, as camps are evacuated amid tensions between Rabat and Madrid and Felipe VI visits.
6 NovCeuta: 400 migrant children remain without protection
30 OctMoroccan LGBT migrants seek asylum in Ceuta
27 OctSpain returns 16 migrants to MoroccoMorocco has 173,000 fewer people in paid employment in the third quarter of 2026, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The new indicators reveal unmet labour needs, especially among young people and women, according to TelQuel.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: TelQuel ·
Six people, including two brothers arrested in Ouezzane province, were detained this weekend in the Forêt 33 case in Mohammedia, Morocco. One of them is reportedly the main suspect in the murder of two young people whose bodies were found in the forest, according to TelQuel.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: TelQuel ·
The executive committee of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation has set its elective general assembly for 12 December, according to a federation statement. Its president, Fouzi Lekjaa, also raised a possible resignation from the CAF Finance Commission to strengthen Morocco’s representation on other continental committees.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Libération (Maroc) ·
Driss Lachguar, first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, brought together the party’s women’s and youth leaders in Rabat to prepare for upcoming elections. He called for stronger supervision, training and outreach in these structures ahead of 2027, according to Libe Maroc.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Libération (Maroc) ·
Sierra Leone reaffirms support for Moroccan sovereignty over the SaharaSierra Leone renewed on Tuesday 10 November in Rabat its support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed this position during his working visit to the Kingdom, according to Lebrief.
Haithem Sghaier removed as head of Tunisia’s nuclear sciences centreHaithem Sghaier has been removed as head of the National Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (CNSTN) by decree no. 2026-276 of 10 November 2026. According to the Tunisian Official Journal, the decree gives no reasons and does not name a successor.The week in Africa
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