2025 in Morocco

Events in the year 2025 in Morocco.

Incumbents

16 January – A boat carrying migrants capsizes near Dakhla on its way to the Canary Islands, killing at least 50 people.

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.

10 April – The Moroccan social security agency announces that its databases had been breached in a cyberattack that blamed on suspected Algerian hackers, resulting in the leakage of significant amounts of personal information on Telegram.

8 May – Nine people are killed in the collapse of a condemned residential building in Fez.

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.
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.

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.
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.

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.
5 September – Morocco qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeating Niger 5-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in Rabat.
28 September – At least 70 people are arrested following nationwide protests demanding educational and public health reforms.

1 October – Three people are shot dead by police after protesters try to storm a police station in Lqliaa.
17 October – 8 November – 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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.
22 October – Two people are killed in the collapse of a residential building in Casablanca.
31 October – The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Royal Palace of Rabat officially announces this date as a new national holiday.

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.
5 November – The Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex is inaugurated in Rabat by King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.
19 November – Ghizlane Chebbak becomes the first Moroccan woman to win the African Footballer of the Year award.

10 December – At least 22 people are killed in the collapse of two four-story residential buildings in Fez.
13 December – Nine migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are found dead from suspected hypothermia in Ras Asfour, near the border with Algeria.
14 December – At least 37 people are killed and 14 are injured in flash floods in Safi.
21 December – 18 January 2026 – 2025 Africa Cup of Nations