Police Seize One Ton of Cannabis in Southeastern Morocco
Rabat – The judicial police of Errachidia arrested Friday two individuals involved in a criminal network of drug trafficking, and seized one ton of hashish. The first accused was arrested in Ain Meski...
View ArticleOver 160 Bodies Recovered after Migrant Boat Capsizes off Egypt
Cairo – The death toll from a refugee boat sinking off Egypt’s coast has risen to 162, as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean Sea. Survivors said up to 450 people were on board the...
View Article6,992 Candidates to Compete in Morocco’s Legislative Elections
Rabat – A total of 1,410 candidacy lists were submitted for local and national electoral districts, including 6,992 candidates, according to provisional preliminary data at the end of the candidacy...
View ArticleMorocco Launches Campaign to Attract Scandinavian Tourists
New York – The Moroccan National Tourism Bureau is gearing up to launch a digital promotion campaign in the Scandinavian markets. The campaign will focus on hundreds of bloggers “to create a circle of...
View ArticleMuslim Woman Shot Dead in France
Rabat – A veiled woman was shot dead in Pantin, France last night at 9:40 p.m. The victim of this hate crime reportedly sitting in her car when the shooting occurred. The woman was hit by five bullets....
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI, Champion of Peace and Development in Africa: FM
New York (UN) – King Mohammed VI, who is the bearer of the torch of peace and development in Africa, is continuously undertaking initiatives and paying visits to the continent with the aim of fostering...
View ArticleMorocco Takes Note of Re-election of Gabon’s Pres. Ali Bongo Ondimba
Rabat – The Kingdom of Morocco takes note of the decision, taken on Friday, by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Gabon, validating the re-election of president Ali Bongo Ondimba, said on...
View ArticleMorocco, Key Partner for EU in Counterterrorism, Migration Issues: EU Official
Brussels – Morocco is a key partner for the EU in the counterterrorism fight and migration issues, said High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica...
View ArticleFrench Intelligence Uses Moroccan Women to Spy on Salafists
Rabat – Moroccan women are used in the French intelligence services to spy on Salafists, Moroccan daily Al Massae said in its weekend issue. The report says that Moroccan women were far “more...
View ArticleMINURSO Has Retrieved its Full Functionality: Morocco’s FM
New York – Morocco’s Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar, said during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York Thursday that the U.N. Mission in the Western Sahara (MINURSO) is “fully...
View ArticleLamiaa Thanks King Mohammed VI, Slams Moroccan Embassy in Saudi Arabia
Casablanca – Lamiaa Moatamid thanks Morocco’s King, Mohammed VI, for interceding to end her tragic ordeal but slams the Moroccan Embassy in Saudi Arabia The previous detainee in Saudi Arabia has...
View ArticleMorocco’s Pledges for COP22
By Hinna Sheikh London – Set to take place in Marrakech during November, the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) will discuss some of the most pressing climate change...
View ArticleMorocco Foils Algerian-Mauritanian Plan to Relocate Tindouf Population in...
Casablanca – Morocco has foiled an Algerian-Mauritanian plan to lodge a part of the Tindouf population in the town of Lagouira, at the Moroccan borders with Mauritania. Moroccan French-speaking news...
View ArticleMoroccan Agribusiness Industry gets Funding from Development Bank
New York – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERBD) is providing a 2.5-million euro loan for subsidiaries of French agricultural cooperative group Maïsadour. EBRD has granted the...
View ArticleTerrorism Experts Fear Abducted Westerners Held By Al Qaeda in Libya
New York – Two Italians and a Canadian were driving down a road in Africa one morning… No this is not the beginning of an ethnic joke. It is a story about abduction, ransom and the trafficking of men...
View ArticleElections: Petition Urges Morocco’s Govt. to Facilitate Vote of People With...
Rabat – A petition launched in recent days urges the Moroccan government to facilitate the vote of people with special needs. Moroccan legislative elections are just around the corner. Political...
View ArticleBissau Guinean Man Arrested in Morocco Carrying Over 7kg of Cocaine
Rabat – Police services at the Casablanca Mohammed V airport arrested, on Sunday, a Bissau Guinean national who was trying to smuggle 7.590 kg of cocaine, said national police (DGSN). The suspect, aged...
View ArticleJordanian Writer Gunned Down Over Cartoon ‘Offensive’ to Islam
Rabat – A controversial Jordanian writer was assassinated on the steps of the courthouse where he was on trial for publishing a cartoon considered offensive to Islam. Nahed Hattar was killed by three...
View ArticleMorocco’s Counterterrorism Strategy: Fruit of Long Process Triggered by...
Paris – The Moroccan Counterterrorism Strategy is the fruit of a long process that was triggered following the Casablanca’s attacks in 2003, said director of Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations...
View Article5.1% of Moroccan Population Is Disabled (Census)
Rabat – Nearly 5.1 % of Morocco’s population was disabled (1,703,424 people) in 2014, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said. The prevalence of disability is relatively higher in rural areas...
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