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Morocco: Financial Authorities Probe Distressed Property Transactions, Money Laundering Concerns Grow
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U.S. Immigration Policy and the Changing Landscape of Africa-U.S. Travel
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Western Sahara: Polisario chief leaves Spain to Algeria
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row...
Western Sahara: US’ Africom says no drills will take place in disputed Western Sahara
The US military on Tuesday denied a tweet by Morocco's prime minister that US-led African military exercises this...
Western Sahara: Spanish court will not detain Polisario chief despite pressure from Morocco
By Marie Giffard A Spanish judge on Tuesday declined to order that the leader of Western Sahara's movement, who is...
Morocco: Israir to link Tel Aviv to Marrakesh in July
Maghreb: Tension likely to rise in Maghreb after Morocco announced US military exercises to take place in Western Sahara
Polisario leader to testify remotely in Spanish court probe
The Western Sahara independence leader, whose presence at a hospital in Spain has angered Rabat, will testify by video...
Morocco accelerates Covid vaccination campaign, targets prison population
Morocco has vaccinated nearly 4,000 inmates as part of a campaign launched in March to inoculate the incarcerated...
Morocco is finally about to legalize use of cannabis, but not for recreational purposes yet
Moroccan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a law legalising the therapeutic use of cannabis, bringing one of the world's...
Morocco: Despair and Western Sahara politics fuel migration drama in Morocco
Morocco uses threat of migrants to force Spain to change its position on the Western Sahara conflict
Morocco: Growing bad blood with Europe over the disputed Western Sahara
Migrants from Morocco resort to swimming to flee to Europe
MENA region more vulnerable to Covid-19 with the start of Ramadan
Morocco: Victim of sexual assault during protest, Nezha Majdi gets jailed instead
Covid-19: France and Spain evacuate their citizens from Morocco
Morocco: 3,000 Spaniards stranded in Morocco after Rabat banned flight from Spain
Moroccan farmers in Algeria’s Laaroda oasis: Victims of a neglected conflict
Algeria expels Moroccan farmers from its territory, courtesy Western Sahara crisis
NAJ | 19 March 2021: The Algerian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers working of the Laaroda...
Morocco: Jailed publisher Bouachrine announces the closing of newspaper Akhbar al Yaoum
By Redouane Benmehdi - Moroccan newspaper Akhbar al Yaoum shut down its operations after 14 years in business. Its...
Business: With a choking tourism industry, Morocco’s craftsmen face daunting outlook
By Redouane Benmehdi - Hundreds of thousands of Moroccan craftsmen are facing a daunting future as the government’s...
Morocco: Health of jailed intellectual Maatib Monjib reportedly deteriorating
Supporters of a jailed Moroccan historian and rights activist expressed "serious concern" for his health on Wednesday,...
Morocco: Jailed historian Maati Monjib goes on hunger strike
A Moroccan historian and rights activist who was jailed in January has begun a hunger strike, supporters and a legal...
Morocco: Germany summons Moroccan envoy over Rabat’s anger on the Western Sahara and Libya
The German government said Wednesday it had called in the Moroccan ambassador in Berlin for "urgent" talks, after...
Western Sahara: European court to decide if Western Sahara goods are part of EU-Morocco accords
Luxembourg, Feb 28, 2021 (AFP) - The European Court of Justice is next week to discuss EU-Morocco accords allowing...
Moroccans debating legalization of cannabis for medicinal use
Morocco, a country where large volumes of cannabis are grown illicitly, is considering legalising production for...
Morocco: Police seize 9.5 tons of cannabis near Rabat
Around 9.5 tonnes of cannabis resin was seized from a refrigerated lorry near Morocco's capital Rabat, the national...
Morocco: Protests in northern Morocco over social and economic despair
The Moroccan authorities dispatched police reinforcement to the northern city of Fnideq, where protests have erupted...
Morocco: Uproar in Morocco as death toll in textile flooded workshop rises to 28
By Hicham Rafih - Authorities in Morocco faced mounting questions and calls for accountability Wednesday, two days...
Western Sahara: Tensions running high as Polisario Front says three Moroccan soldiers killed in attack in Touizgui
In response to this article As a former journalist, I sympathize with others who struggle to find the correct wording...
Morocco: Death of workers in unlicensed textile workshop exposes Morocco’s illegal labor practices
At least 24 people died after heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop in a private house in...
Morocco: Authorities find large quantities of cannabis buried in sand in the southwest
Nearly 9.2 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden in bales buried in sand were seized in southwestern Morocco, the national...
Covid-19: Algeria and Morocco start vaccination campaign
Algeria kicks off Covid-19 vaccination campaign with Sputnik V, expects first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine Algeria...
Morocco under pressure to release from prison historian and rights activist Maati Monjib
Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Morocco to release dissident historian and rights activist Maati Monjib, who...
Unable to govern, North African governments are using repression as their only tool in their toolbox
This week (ending 21 January 2021), Tunisia made the front pages of global media with Tunisians clashing with security...
Morocco’s abusive use of preventative detention
Western Sahara: How Trump’s madness could undermine Morocco’s claim over the Western Sahara
Turkey’s growing influence in the Maghreb, from drones to soap operas
Morocco: Torrential rain and dilapidated drainage systems kill one in Casablanca
Torrential rain in Morocco this week after a period of drought has caused at least one death in its economic capital...
Morocco arrests rights activist and historian Maati Monjib
