Morocco Bound

Morocco is to close its embassy in Algiers on Friday, an official source said, after Algeria severed ties with the kingdom over what it said were "hostile actions".  From Friday, the embassy "will close, and the ambassador and all staff will be repatriated to Rabat",...

Morocco says Algeria's cutting of diplomatic ties 'unjustified' Morocco's foreign ministry said Tuesday that Algeria's decision to cut diplomatic ties with its neighbour as "completely unjustified", adding that the decision was based on "false, even absurd pretexts"....

A dual Moroccan-Italian citizen jailed for three and a half years for "insulting Islam" will walk free Monday after a court gave her a suspended two-month jail term, a rights group said. "She will be leaving prison Monday evening," a member of Morocco's Association of...

A long history of distrust and wasted time Algeria is to review its relations with Morocco, accusing it of involvement in deadly fires that this month killed at least 90 people. The two Maghreb heavyweights have for decades been locked in tensions, notably over the...