Morocco’s youth-led protest movement, GenZ212, returned to the streets on Saturday, October 18, after a short pause,...
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Morocco: GenZ212 Makes Tactical Pause in the Fight for Reforms
The GenZ212 protest movement in Morocco, which emerged following the deaths of eight women in an Agadir hospital, has...
Depression: Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya Among Africa’s Highest Prevalence Countries
North Africa is facing an acute mental health challenge, with three of its countries—Tunisia, Morocco, and...
Morocco braces for more Covid-19 infections with new hotspot in Kenitra
Moulay Bousselham, Morocco, June 21, 2020 - A new field hospital in eastern Morocco will from Sunday receive around...
As Morocco prepares to relax restrictions, virus cases spike
Rabat, June 19, 2020 - Morocco reported on Friday its highest number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections in a...
Morocco: 100 migrants rescued by Moroccan navy off the coast of Nador
Morocco's navy "rescued" nearly 100 migrants from several boats in the Mediterranean, the country's official MAP news...
Morocco Covid-19 Charts and Data
Below are three interactive charts depicting the evolution of Covid-19 in Morocco. Please feel free to change the...
Consul of Morocco in Algerian city of Oran leaves Algeria after row over “enemy country” statement
Algiers, June 9, 2020 - A Moroccan diplomat at the centre of a diplomatic spat between Algiers and Rabat has left...
Opinion: Morocco and Algeria wasting their money on useless military hardware
Transcript: Opinion by Arezki Daoud: 4 June 2020: Just like Algeria has been doing, Morocco is spending the money it...
Morocco: Former Premier El-Youssoufi dies at 96
Former Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane El-Youssoufi, well known for his pro-Maghreb political views, died on 29...
Will Covid-19 mark the end of kissing and hugging in the Mediterranean?
May 28, 2020 (By Isabelle Ligner and Isabelle Wesselingh, photo: Anastasia Vityukova) - To greet friends and...
Maghreb: Conservatives control the court systems, religion dominates over civil liberties
(Photo: rally in Tunis in support of Emna Charki) - Rabat, May 27, 2020 - A Moroccan movie star has been prosecuted...
Moroccan authorities attack more journalists of Akhbar Al-Yaum
Rabat, May 25, 2020 - A Moroccan judge on Monday placed the head of an independent daily newspaper in pre-trial...
How the image of the United Arab Emirates in the Maghreb is taking a beating ($)
The United Arab Emirates has made no effort to fix its image abroad, as its involvement in crisis regions has been...
Morocco: A population under stress, tired of confinement
Rabat, May 20, 2020 - Almost half of Moroccans are "anxious" under the mandatory lockdown enforced in mid-March to...
Morocco: The hardship of foreign migrants in Morocco
By Hamza Mekouaz - Deprived of work and access to aid, thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Morocco...
Algeria and Morocco bickering again
Algiers, May 14, 2020 - Algeria said Thursday it had summoned Morocco's ambassador after a video circulating on social...
Morocco: RSF said TV crew attacked by police near Rabat
Rabat, Marocco, May 8, 2020 - Moroccan authorities said Friday they would investigate a case of an attack on...
Maghreb: A Ramadan unlike no other
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) - North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as...
Morocco: After launching spy app, Morocco deploys surveillance drones
Rabat, May 6, 2020 - Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic,...
WHO advises MENA region against loosening confinement measures
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle...
Morocco: Covid-19 infections spread in Ouarzazate prison
Rabat, April 23, 2020 - More than 130 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in a southern Morocco prison on...
Morocco mobilizes military hospitals, braces for Covid-19 influx
Rabat, April 17, 2020 - Morocco's army has mobilised all its resources to help the health system tackle the...
Moroccan government spying on its people with mobile app tracking
Rabat, April 22, 2020 - Moroccan police have started using a mobile application in recent days to track violators of...
Morocco reports Covid-19 contamination in prisons’ staff and inmates
Rabat, April 21, 2020 - More than 60 cases of coronavirus infections have been recorded in a jail in southern Morocco,...
Morocco: People helping people in time of pandemic
Casablanca, Morocco, April 12, 2020 - A small van zips through the streets of Casablanca to deliver food to single...
Morocco: Mass arrests for non-compliance with confinement rules
Rabat, April 13, 2020 - More than 4,300 people were arrested over the weekend in Morocco for breaching emergency rules...
Public health: Inside North Africa’s healthcare systems
By Hamza Mekouar: The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on shortcomings in health care in several North...
Food supply: The struggle to maintain normalcy in time of pandemic
Algiers, April 9, 2020 (By Abdellah Cheballah) - From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of...
Diplomacy: No new UN envoys yet for Libya and Western Sahara crises
United Nations, United States, April 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has begun searching for a new...
Morocco to get IMF loan to soften impact of coronavirus on the economy
Rabat, April 8, 2020 - Morocco on Wednesday announced it has started to draw on a $3-billion credit line from the...
Morocco: Royal Air Maroc hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis, slashes pilot pays by 30% (s)
While air transport is one of the sectors most affected by border closings in Morocco and the declaration of a state...
Morocco: Migrants breach Morocco-Spain border in Melilla
Madrid, April 6, 2020 - More than 50 migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Monday...
Covid-19: Morocco clears its prisons to fight pandemic
Rabat, April 5, 2020 - Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned more than 5,600 prisoners and ordered their...
Morocco: The big scam in Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco, April 2, 2020 (By Hamza Mekouar) - "Give us our money!", demands a group of home buyers, standing...
Maghreb: Media as collateral damage of Covid-19
April 2, 2020 - Measures to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic have affected the distribution and publication of...
MENA (MidEast/North Africa) regimes increase their repression
Cairo, March 29, 2020 - Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance -- sweeping...
Morocco earmarks more than $200 mil. to buy equipment to face Covid-19
Rabat, March 27, 2020 - Morocco's economy ministry said Friday it had allocated two billion dirhams ($201 million) to...
North Africa faces unprecedented economic crisis
Listen to the podcast above or read the transcript below. Download MP3 file here. 26 March 2020: By Arezki Daoud:...
The disastrous confinement of the poor and the mediocrity of Maghreb regimes
March 25, 2020 (By Sophie Pons) - In Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, workers in informal jobs fear not only the novel...
Education: Studying from home amid Covid-19
Tripoli, March 24, 2020 - By Rim Tahar - Either on television as in Libya or on tablets in the IT-savvy Gulf...
Covid-19: Morocco deploys troops on the streets
Rabat, March 22, 2020 - Groups of Moroccans went out to pray and to protest in the streets at the weekend, defying...
Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year
Editorial by Arezki Daoud: It’s official, Covid-19 is now North Africa’s biggest problem, just as it is for the entire...