2025 in Morocco
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Events in the year 2025 in Morocco.
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Events
January
- 16 January – A boat carrying migrants capsizes near Dakhla on its way to the Canary Islands, killing at least 50 people.[1]
February
- 26 February – The South Korean train manufacturing firm Hyundai Rotem wins a US$1.53 billion contract to supply advanced trains to the Moroccan national railway operator ONCF.[2]
April
May
July
- 26 July – Morocco finishes in second place at the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations after losing to Nigeria 3-2 in the final in Rabat.[5]
- 28 July – A Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet of the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashes shortly after takeoff from Fès–Saïs Airport, killing its two pilots.[6]
August
- 3 August – Four Moroccan truck drivers taken hostage by Islamic State – Sahel Province in Burkina Faso while driving from Morocco to Niger in January are released in Mali.[7]
- 12 August – About 100 people attempt to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta; seven children reach the shore while the rest are intercepted and returned to Morocco.[8]
September
- 3 September – A court sentences feminist and LGBT activist Ibtissame Lachgar to 2.5 years' imprisonment on charges of religious blasphemy over messages on a T-shirt that she wore in a selfie posted online.[9]
- 5 September – Morocco qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeating Niger 5-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in Rabat.[10]
- 28 September – At least 70 people are arrested following nationwide protests demanding educational and public health reforms.[11]
October
- 1 October – Three people are shot dead by police after protesters try to storm a police station in Lqliaa.[12][13]
- 17 October – 8 November – 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[14]
- 19 October – Morocco wins the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile after defeating Argentina 2-0 at the final in Santiago, marking the first time Morocco won the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[15]
- 22 October – Two people are killed in the collapse of a residential building in Casablanca.[16]
- 31 October – The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.[17] The Royal Palace of Rabat officially announces this date as a new national holiday.[18]
November
- 4 November – The government declares October 31, starting in 2026, to be a national holiday in celebration of the UN resolution backing the autonomy proposal for Western Sahara in the 50-year dispute with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.[19]
- 5 November – The Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex is inaugurated in Rabat by King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.[20]
- 19 November – Ghizlane Chebbak becomes the first Moroccan woman to win the African Footballer of the Year award.[21]
December
- 10 December – At least 22 people are killed in the collapse of two four-story residential buildings in Fez.[22]
- 13 December – Nine migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are found dead from suspected hypothermia in Ras Asfour, near the border with Algeria.[23]
- 14 December – At least 37 people are killed and 14 are injured in flash floods in Safi.[24]
- 21 December – 18 January 2026 – 2025 Africa Cup of Nations[25]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[26]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 11 January – Independence Manifesto Day
- 14 January – Amazigh New Year
- 31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 7 June – Eid al-Adha
- 27 June – Islamic New Year
- 30 July – Throne Day
- 14 August – Oued Ed-Dahab Day
- 20 August – Revolution Day
- 21 August – Youth Day
- 5 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 6 November – Green March
- 18 November – Independence Day
Deaths
- 8 August – Jamal Al-Qadiri Al-Boutchichi, 82–83, murshid, leader of Budshishiyya (since 2017)[27]
- 13 September – Saleh Hachad, 86, Royal Moroccan Air Force pilot[28]
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