Guerguerat: New Photo Shows Polisario Militias Harass Moroccan Drivers
Rabat – Polisario militias are still harassing the Moroccan truck drivers in the buffer zone of Guerguerat, in the southernmost part of Western Sahara, in southern Morocco. A new photo circulating...
View ArticleDriss El Yazami Speaks on Morocco’s Efforts Towards Migrant Integration
Rabat – Driss El Yazami, the Chairman of the National Human Right Council (CNDH),, outlined on Tuesday in Geneva the steps taken by Morocco to foster the integration of migrants since the adoption of...
View Article#DearSister Giving Muslim Women and Girls a Voice
Toronto – Started as a lark, #DearSister was launched on Sunday by an Egyptian-American journalist as a platform for Muslim women and girls to share their frustrations over well-intentioned but often...
View ArticleAndre Azoulay to Receive American Sephardi Federation’s Lifetime Achievement...
New York – The American Sephardi Federation’s (ASF) 20th Anniversary Edition of the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival will celebrate Morocco’s culture of co-existence between Muslims and Jews on...
View ArticlePost Wikileaks, What’s at Stake for the CIA?
Toronto – Following the leak of thousands of potentially highly sensitive documents by Wikileaks, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is facing questions about its current and future operations. More...
View ArticleUS Officials Announce Criminal Probe into Unauthorized Wikileaks CIA Publication
Toronto – US officials have just announced that a formal criminal investigation into the Wikilieaks’ publication of classified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents is being launched. The...
View ArticleMAD 115 Billion to Develop the Casablanca Region
Rabat – The Casablanca-Settat Regional Council approved on March 6 the draft of the Casablanca-Settat Development Project, with a budget of MAD 115 billion. The project, which was prepared using a...
View ArticleCreative One-Minute Video Pays Tribute to Moroccan Women
Rabat – On International Women’s Day, Jawjab, Moroccan incubator of talents and web content released a video portraying 100 years of Moroccan female beauty and modernity. To mark the 40 annual...
View ArticleNine Suspects Get Up to 20 Years in Prison on Terror Charges
Rabat – The criminal court at the annexe of Salé’s appeals court in charge of terrorism affairs gave on Thursday sentences ranging between two and a half to 20 years in prison to nine suspects,...
View ArticleHPS Reports Robust Results in 2016 Despite Global Downturn
By Yousra Acherqui Casablanca – Last week, Maroc Telecom kicked off the FY-2016 earnings season in Morocco. Earnings season continue with HPS which reported very robust results. Indeed, the leading...
View ArticleBrahim Maalouf Claims Innocence in Face of “Media’s reality”
Rabat – After being accused of sexual interference, Lebanese trumpeter Brahim Maalouf reacted on Facebook to what he called “defamation” and a deliberate campaign to mislead public opinion on the part...
View ArticleMorocco and Uganda Sign Bilateral Football Agreement
Rabat – Fouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Moroccan Royal Football Federation (FRMF), met with Moses Magogo, the president of the Ugandan Football Association (FUFA) president, on Wednesday to sign a...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Strengthens Its Destinations From Beirut To America
Rabat – Moroccan flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has reinforced its service for American, European and African destinations from Beirut and Casablanca, according to Khalid Dzairy, the regional...
View ArticleColombia’s CGT Calls for Releasing Sahrawi Women Held Against Their Will in...
Rabat – Colombia’s General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the country’s largest trade union, launched an “urgent call for the release of Sahrawi women held against their will in the Tindouf camps,...
View ArticleMoroccans in the Spotlight as Dutch Election Looms
Toronto – Even as Geert Wilders, leader of Dutch far-right political Party for Freedom(PVV), falters in the polls, Dutch-Moroccans still find themselves at the centre of an unwanted spotlight in the...
View ArticleCasablanca to Host 12th Annual International Theater Festival
Rabat – The 12th annual Casablanca’s International Theater Festival will take place from March 23 to April 1, 2017 in the city’s many theaters. The organizers of the festival announced the schedule of...
View ArticleReturn to African Union: Morocco to Hold Month-Long African Festival
By Julia Cabrera Rabat – Morocco will organize L’Afrique en capitale’ (Africa in the Capital), a month long art festival featuring expositions, concerts, productions and literary events beginning March...
View ArticleOver 18,000 Sub-Saharans Seek to Regularize Their Migration Status in Morocco
Rabat – irregular migrants have been filed in Morocco, from the launch of the 2nd phase of this operation until March 8, Minister for Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs, Anis Birou, said....
View ArticleRyanair Airlines Launches Flight from Marrakech to Hamburg
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced a new flight from Marrakech to Hamburg, which will be officially launched on October. The new connection will operate twice...
View ArticleAgadir Reunites Best Surfers for 2017 Open Surf & Bodyboard Competition
Rabat – In coordination with the Imouran Surf Club and the commune of Aourir, The Moroccan Royal Federation of Surf and Bodyboard is organizing the 7th annual Agadir Open 2017 competition, scheduled...
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