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Morocco: UN warns of over-urbanising Morocco’s coastline
Mohammedia, Morocco, June 17, 2019 - Beneath an apartment block that looms over Monica beach in the western coastal city of Mohammedia, a sole sand dune has escaped the clutches of Morocco's insatiable construction contractors. Here, like elsewhere across the North...
Morocco: Major victory for ethnic Berbers with language recognition in Morocco
Rabat, June 11, 2019 - Moroccan lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill that confirms the Berber language's official status, eight years after it was preliminarily recognised in a new constitution. The new law is designed to cement use of Berber -- alongside...
Morocco neutralizes another terror cell
Rabat, June 3, 2019 - Three suspects accused of belonging to a "terrorist cell" affiliated to the Islamic State group were arrested in Morocco on Monday, the country's anti-terror police said. The three men, aged between 26 and 28, were "in the process of preparing...
Morocco: Mafia fugitive arrested in Tangiers
Rabat, May 30, 2019 - An Italian mafia fugitive wanted for drug trafficking, murder, extortion and other alleged crimes has been arrested in Morocco, authorities in the North African country said Thursday. Raffaele Vallefuoco, 55, is accused of heading a cell within...
Morocco: Court adjourns in tourist murder case, suspect admits to crime
Salé, Morocco, May 30, 2019 | By Hamza Mekouar - The alleged leader of a jihadist cell accused of killing two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco admitted to the murders in court on Thursday, saying they were carried out in the name of the Islamic State group. Danish...
Moroccan lawmakers continue to oppose the Amazigh ethnic rights
An anti-Berber legislative body in Morocco, the Finance and Economic Development Committee in the house of representatives vetoed the amendment of a draft law that would allow the Kingdom's central bank, Bank Al Maghrib to issue the next series of banknotes using...
Morocco: Migrants breach border fence, cross to Melilla
Madrid, May 12, 2019 - Fifty-two African migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco Sunday by climbing over a towering border fence, Spanish authorities said. About 100 migrants tried to storm the barbed wire fence at dawn but...
Morocco: Police arrest three drug traffickers
Morocco: Education sector braces for general strike, as teachers shift protests to nigh-time during Ramadan
Morocco dispatches hundreds of religious clerics abroad to check on its diaspora
Morocco: Education sector braces for general strike, as teachers are shifting protests to nigh-time during Ramadan
Morocco dispatches hundreds of religious clerics abroad to check on its diapora
Morocco: Police arrest three drug traffickers in Mekness
Moroccan firms increase trade and investment focus on Africa ($)
Moroccan businesses have been busy working to strengthen their position in the West African market. Among them is the Moroccan firm that dominates the building materials sector in Morocco, the Moroccan-French-Swiss consortium known as LafargeHolcim Maroc Africa (LHMA)...
Morocco: Trial of Jihadi suspects postponed
Salé, Morocco, May 2, 2019 - A Moroccan court adjourned on Thursday for two weeks the trial of two dozen suspects charged in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian hikers minutes after it opened. Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old...
Moroccan Jihadists to go on trial for murder of Scandinavian hikers
Rabat, April 30, 2019 - By Hamza MEKOUAR - Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences linked to the gruesome murder of two young Scandinavian hikers late last year that shocked the North African country. Danish student Louisa Vesterager...
Morocco: Sub-Sahara migrants killed in road accident
Rabat, April 27, 2019 - At least 16 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into an irrigation canal, state news agency MAP reported. The agency said 17 other "sub-Saharan Africans looking to become illegal...
Moroccan air force helicopter crashes in disputed Western Sahara
Rabat, April 26, 2019 - A Moroccan air force helicopter crashed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara, killing two crew members, state news agency MAP reported. One other person on board was lightly injured in the crash, a military source told MAP, adding that a...
Morocco: Scores wounded as police repress teachers’ demonstration in Rabat
Rabat, April 25, 2019 - Over 70 demonstrators were left wounded Thursday after Moroccan police used water cannon to disperse a rally in the capital by thousands of contract teachers protesting over their employment terms. Teachers chanting "Social justice!" and "No to...
Morocco arrests seven terror suspects
Rabat, April 23, 2019 (AFP) - Moroccan authorities said Tuesday they have arrested seven suspected jihadists with links to the Islamic State group. The suspects, aged between 22 and 28, were "supporters" of IS and suspected of planning "terrorist acts", the central...
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