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Morocco: Jailed journalist Soulaimane Raissouni in critical condition
Migrant crisis: 3,000 mostly Moroccan migrants still inside Spain’s Ceuta
Morocco: Military drills led by US underway, 30 miles from Algeria’s Tindouf border
Morocco uses judicial harassment to punish journalists
Jailed Moroccan journalist tells judge: “I want to go back to die in prison." 11 June 2021: The trial of Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni, who has been on hunger strike for 64 days, was Thursday again postponed to June 15 after a tense hearing where his...
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 with Rabat, left Spain overnight and flew to Algeria, a government source said Wednesday. He's "in Algeria," the source told AFP. Late on Tuesday,...
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 month would take place in the disputed region of Western Sahara. Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani said last week on Twitter that the training "marks...
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 under investigation in Spain for torture and genocide, be taken into custody. Brahim Ghali, who heads the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, denied the...
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 conference at a Spanish court hearing next week, judicial sources said Wednesday. Brahim Ghali, who leads the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, has...
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 population against coronavirus, the kingdom's prison authority said Wednesday. The aim of the campaign, started several weeks after the national...
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 biggest producers of hashish a step closer to green-lighting the major reform. The lower house of parliament adopted the text on the lawful use of...
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
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