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Morocco: Journalist Soulaimane Raissouni gets five years in prison
Tensions between Algeria and Morocco persist as Rabat calls border areas military zone
Morocco: Jailed journalist Omar Radi rejects espionage charge
Morocco’s dams reserved down to 33% capacity, government earmarks one billion dollars for aid
Morocco said Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture industry, which has been hit hard by a particularly acute drought in recent years. The emergency plan "aims to mitigate the effects of delay in rainfall, to alleviate the...
Morocco and Germany agree to resume diplomatic relations after year-long freeze
Morocco and Germany agreed Wednesday to overcome "misunderstandings" and renew "close amicable relations" after a year-long diplomatic freeze, including over the issue of the disputed Western Sahara. The announcement followed a video conference between Moroccan...
Morocco ‘sex for grades’ lecturer jailed for year:
A Moroccan court has jailed a lecturer for a year for sexually harassing a female student, a lawyer said Saturday, as a "sex for grades" scandal rocks the kingdom's academic institutions. "The defendant was found guilty of sexual harassment by the Tangiers court of...
Western Sahara conflict intensifies: Polisario says it killed 12 Moroccan soldiers as Morocco reportedly uses drones
Morocco: Accidental death of young boy in a well prompts Morocco to inventory its wells
Crimes: Drug smugglers use deceptive practices to get hashish from Morocco into Spain
Morocco: World in shock as Morocco buries young Rayan
Tragedy in Morocco with death of young boy Rayan after failed rescue
By Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna, with Ismail Bellaouali in Rabat Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and the world. The ordeal...
Religion & the environment: Morocco’s King orders mosques to pray for rain
Energy: Morocco secures gas supply from Spain
Morocco bid to free boy from well reaches nerve-wracking final stages
By Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna with Kaouthar Oudrhiri in Rabat Moroccan rescuers were in the nerve-wracking final stages Friday of a marathon effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for a fourth night. The complex and risky earth-moving...
Migration: Migrants rescued off the coast of Morocco
Morocco: 43 drowned as migrant boat capsizes off Morocco
Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando Fronteras said Monday. Ten people were rescued from the shipwreck, the organisation's spokesperson told AFP. The...
Human Rights: Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni maintains his innocence during appeal hearing
Morocco businessman jailed over 29 deaths in factory flood
Morocco: Former rights minister Mohammed Ziane to be tried for adultery
Western Sahara: Biden administration confirms its support of Morocco’s roadmap on Western Sahara
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered praise Monday for Morocco's proposal on Western Sahara, marking fresh support despite rising tension over the territory with Algeria. Former president Donald Trump last year broke global precedent by recognizing Morocco's...
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