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Morocco: Spanish rescuers arrive in quake-stricken Marrakesh
Spain on Sunday sent 56 rescuers and four search dogs to Morocco following the powerful earthquake that killed over 2,000 people after receiving a formal request for help from Rabat. An A400 military plane took off from a base in the northeastern city of Zaragoza...
Morocco’s quake: the unbearable loss of the villagers of Moulay Brahim
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's inconsolable after losing his wife and four children in Friday night's earthquake. The tragedy of what happened to Lahcen's family is on...
Morocco: Death toll from earthquake reaches 1,305 says government
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped. Authorities declared...
The Moroccan quake explained
By Compiled by Claire Gallen: The powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than a thousand people, didn't hit in the most active seismological region, said one French expert. But aftershocks can be expected, he warned. Philippe Vernant -- a specialist in...
Morocco: National tragedy hits Morocco with deadly quake
Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's inconsolable after losing his wife and four children in Friday night's earthquake. The tragedy of what happened to Lahcen's family is on everybody's lips in ...
Morocco: Earthquake kills hundreds of people in Marrakesh
A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend ($)
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse consequences on the conduct of business. In the Moroccan media, there have efforts to characterize trade between the two as “strong.” But data suggests a...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse consequences on the conduct of business. In the Moroccan media, there have efforts to characterize trade between the two as “strong.” But data suggests a...
Western Sahara: Violence erupts in Western Sahara as drone hits pro-independence militants
A Polisario Front commander and three Sahrawi fighters were killed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara as a United States delegation visited the region, the official Saharawi news agency SPS reported. The Western Sahara dispute dates back to 1975, when colonial...
Morocco: German court finds Moroccan spy guilty of spying on Moroccan rights activists
A German court gave a Moroccan man a suspended sentence Thursday after finding him guilty of spying on supporters of a Moroccan protest group. The 36-year-old was given a suspended sentence of one year and nine months, a spokeswoman for the higher regional court in...
Algeria: Jet skiers killed by Algeria coastguard after losing way: reports
Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday. Bilal Kissi and Abdelali Merchouer, both French-Moroccan dual...
Environment: Coastal city of Agadir is hottest place ever in Morocco : 120F or 50.4C
Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North African country's meteorological service said Sunday amid a scorching heatwave. The meteorological station in the southern coastal city of Agadir recorded...
Morocco: 50 people arrested in anti-terror sweeps ($)
Morocco arrested 50 individuals, including 21 kept in preventive detention, following a nationwide raid on terror suspects conducted on July 26, 2023. The sweeps were conducted by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) and the General Directorate of...
Brief: Morocco’s overcrowded prisons ($)
The number of prisoners held in penitentiary establishments in Morocco reached, as of August 07, 2023, a total of 100,004 prisoners, a record figure, knowing that the reception capacity of these establishments does not currently exceed 64,600 beds. For example, the...
Morocco: 24 people killed in bus accident
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: A minibus carrying market-goers in Morocco plunged into a ravine on Sunday, killing 24 people in one of the North African country's worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market...
Morocco: Five years in prison for criticizing King over normalization with Israel
A Moroccan internet user has been sentenced to five years' jail for criticising the king on Facebook over the country's normalisation of ties with Israel, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday. Said Boukioud, 48, "was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for Facebook...
Five Moroccan migrants drown off Western Sahara
At least five Moroccans drowned when their boat sank off Western Sahara, a rights group said on Tuesday, as crossing attempts by migrants hoping to reach Europe multiply from the area. On Saturday authorities said six migrants drowned off northern Morocco trying to...
Algeria reacts to Israel’s backing Morocco in Western Sahara conflict
Algeria on Thursday denounced Israel's backing of Morocco's "claimed sovereignty" over the disputed Western Sahara region as a "flagrant violation" of international law. The Western Sahara conflict pits Morocco against Sahrawi separatists of the Algiers-backed...
Migrations: New tragedy at sea as 13 migrants from Senegal perish off the coast of Morocco
At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week, the town's mayor told AFP on Thursday. The news comes amid heightened attention on the Atlantic migration route -- from the coast of West Africa to...
Morocco: Israel’s Netanyahu says Western Sahara belongs to Morocco
Israel has decided to "recognise Morocco's sovereignty" over the disputed Western Sahara region, the royal office in Rabat announced Monday, citing a letter from the Israeli prime minister. According to the letter, Benjamin Netanyahu informed Morocco's King Mohammed...
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