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Morocco: Urban Safety Concerns Grow Amid Deadly Floods and Building Collapse
Morocco has been experiencing a series of deadly urban disasters in recent days that have intensified scrutiny of...
EU–Morocco Tomato Dispute Deepens Over Western Sahara Labeling
Allegations of unfair competition and labeling disputes are straining relations between Morocco and the European Union...
Moroccan court sentences French narcotrafficker Sofiane Hambli to 20 years in prison
A Moroccan court has sentenced a French drug boss to 20 years in prison on a string of narcotics charges, a court...
Podcast: Algeria-Morocco rivalry intensifies, with no end in sight
The escalating rivalry between Algeria and Morocco has had a destabilizing effect on the Maghreb region of North...
How the Western Sahara conflict has become a thorny issue for a neutral Tunisia ($)
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Morocco punishes government critic Saida El Alami with an extra year in her two-year prison term
A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday extended by another year the prison sentence of an activist tried for...
Energy: Morocco and Nigeria sign MoU for a gas pipeline
A memorandum of understanding was signed Thursday for the development of a project to pump gas from Nigeria to Morocco...
Western Sahara: Diplomatic battle over the Western Sahara continues with rumors of Kenya dropping support to independence movement
There was confusion on Wednesday over whether Nairobi had cut ties with the contested Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic...
Morocco: Israel’s ambassador to Morocco defends himself against “smear campaign” in alleged sexual misconduct
Israel's ambassador to Morocco, who was recalled last week amid an investigation that media linked to alleged sexual...
Western Sahara: Polisario warns car race against crossing in the disputed territory
Western Sahara independence movement the Polisario Front has warned organisers of the Africa Eco Race not to pass...
Israel and Morocco face public relations problem in Morocco after Israeli envoy recalled over sex abuse allegations
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside Morocco's parliament Friday against the kingdom's...
Western Sahara conflict worsens regional diplomatic relations, amplifies instability
By Paul Raymond A bitter showdown between Morocco and its arch-rival Algeria over the disputed Western Sahara...
Morocco: Israel recalls Morocco envoy amid sexual misconduct allegations
Israel has recalled its top envoy to Morocco amid an internal investigation, a diplomatic source told AFP Thursday,...
Morocco reacts to deepening social crises with ineffective minimum wage increase ($)
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Western Sahara: UN envoy holds talks with Polisario chief in Algeria
The UN's Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura met Sunday with the leader of the Polisario independence movement...
Western Sahara: Tit-for-tat diplomatic row erupts between Morocco and Tunisia
Tunisia announced Saturday the recall of its ambassador to Morocco for consultations, a day after the kingdom did the...
Morocco gets support from heavyweight Germany over Western Sahara territorial claim
Germany gave its backing on Thursday to a Moroccan autonomy plan for resolving the Western Sahara conflict, days after...
Morocco: Two Moroccan diplomats on assignment in Colombia suspended for questionable behavior
Two Moroccan diplomats have been suspended from their positions in Colombia after they were drugged and robbed by...
Morocco: At least 23 killed in bus crash in Khouribia
UPDATE: The death toll has been raised to 23 people, another 36 people were injured in the crash of a bus travelling...
Morocco hard hit by drought
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but...
Morocco: Intense wildfires in north Morocco blamed on arson
Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that was suspected...
Morocco jails blogger for disrespecting religion
A Moroccan blogger has been sentenced to two years in prison for "offending the Muslim religion" after posts on...
Moroccan court OKs extradition to US of French cybercrime suspect Sebastien Raoult
Morocco's top court has given a preliminary endorsement over the extradition to the US of a French national suspected...
Morocco: Pressure on Prime Minister to resign over skyrocketing gasoline prices
By Ismail Bellaouali Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online...
Western Sahara: Morocco and Algeria entrenched in their positions, unwilling to compromise
Morocco called Tuesday for a return to regional roundtable talks on a peace deal over the Western Sahara, a format...
Morocco: French billionaire Jacques Bouthier accused by four Moroccan women of sexual harassment
Four women have pressed charges in Morocco against French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, currently under arrest in...
Morocco: Anger over soaring fuel prices
Petrol prices rose to record highs in Morocco on Thursday, fuelling anger among unions who demanded the government of...
Regional crises: EU warns Algeria against “discriminatory treatment” of Spain
The European Union on Friday warned Algeria against any "discriminatory treatment" of Spain after it suspended a...
Algeria-Spain relations thrown into disarray after Madrid ended its neutrality on the Western Sahara
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: With Algeria supplying 40% of Spain's gas consumption and providing lucrative export market...
Spain warns Morocco not to weaponize immigration in their bilateral dealings
Spain "will not tolerate" the use of immigration as a "means of pressure", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said...
Moroccan national captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine
Pro-Moscow separatists sentenced to death two British fighters and a third from Morocco, who were captured by Russian...
Morocco: German cruise ship ‘Mein Schiff Herz’ prevented from entering Morocco over Covid-19 scare
Morocco has refused entry to passengers on a German cruise liner after some tested positive for Covid-19, Moroccan...
Moroccans living abroad return home this summer in large numbers
Morocco on Sunday begins welcoming an influx of its citizens living in Europe after the pandemic led to a halt in what...
Morocco facing a daunting economic outlook
By Ismail Bellaouali A withering drought and poor harvests plus price hikes fuelled by the war in Ukraine are...
Algeria suspends treaty of friendship with Spain over Western Sahara
By Abdellah Cheballah Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after...
Western Sahara human rights defender Sultana Khaya released after 19 months of house arrest
Human rights defender Sultana Khaya arrived in southeastern Spain Friday where she will receive medical treatment for...
Morocco: World’s biggest producer of cannabis inches closer to legalizing it
Morocco's national regulatory agency overseeing the use of cannabis for medical use met for the first time Thursday in...
Western Sahara: Reports of Moroccan security forces assaulting Sahrawi militants
Human rights group Amnesty International Friday urged Moroccan authorities to investigate urgently allegations that...
Energy: Morocco convinces Nigeria to move forward with gas pipeline to Europe
Nigeria's government has directed its state-run oil company NNPC to implement a deal on a gas pipeline to Europe...
Terrorism: Members of 84 states and organizations meet in Marrakesh to discuss anti-terror strategy
The global coalition against the Islamic State group gathered Wednesday in Morocco to coordinate efforts to prevent...
Morocco: Dozens of teachers sent to prison for protesting and “insulting a state body”
Forty-five Moroccan teachers have been handed suspended prison sentences for attending unauthorised protests last year...
Morocco: Three-day strike in the transport sector over skyrocketing fuel price
Moroccan truck drivers are observing a three-day strike in protest at spiralling fuel costs, a union said Tuesday, as...


