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Sweden Stands With Morocco, Denies Recognition of Western Sahara
New York - After several months of diplomatic rift between Sweden and Morocco over Stockholm’s alleged plans to recognize the self-proclaimed Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Sweden has...
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Africa Tourism Monitor 2015 Ranks Morocco Africa’s Tourism Champion
New York - Morocco ranked African champion of international tourism in 2015. The African Development Bank (AfDB) published its third annual continental tourism report on Wednesday, in which Morocco...
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Morocco to Offer 288,000 Students Healthcare Benefits
Rabat - Morocco officially launched a new system called L’Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (AMO-E) for 288,000 students starting school year 2015-2016. The new healthcare system was announced yesterday...
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93% of Young Moroccans See Terrorist Groups As ‘Complete Perversion of Islam’
New York - A recent survey revealed that 93 percent of young Moroccans reject terrorist organizations and believe they represent a “complete perversion of Islam.” A face-to-face poll by U.S....
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Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid Given Two-Window Transfer Ban
Geneva - Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been banned from transfers after irregularities in signing of Under-18s, said this Thursday FIFA in its website. FIFA has sanctioned the Madrid clubs over...
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France: ‘Cannabis-Laced’ Clinical Trial Leaves 1 Dead, 5 in Serious Condition
Taroudant - A clinical trial conducted by a private laboratory on Thursday in Rennes, in northeastern France, went wrong leaving one person clinically dead and five others in serious condition,...
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Sweden Has No Intention to Recognize Western Sahara, Says Swedish FM
Stockholm – Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström officially announced on Friday that her country has no intention to recognize the "Western Sahara" as a State. The Swedish Foreign Minister...
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Islam on the Rise in Mexico
New York - On a flight back from a trip home to Mexico, I warily opened an old copy of Newsweek en Español I had found in my aunt's house in Chihuahua. The picture of a Muslim woman in hijab graced...
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Fez to Host JCI Fez Challenge’s First Conference
Fez - As Morocco’s industrial sector develops at a rapid pace, Junior Chamber International Fez Challenge is addressing whether higher education is responding to the needs of the market place and...
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Western Sahara: Morocco Hails Sweden’s Decision on the Self-Proclaimed SADR
Rabat – Moroccan authorities have been quick to react to the decision of the Swedish government no to recognize the self-proclaimed Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. “The decision by Sweden not to...
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Morocco, Paraguay Set to Give New Impetus to Bilateral Ties: Joint Statement
Asuncion– Morocco and Paraguay expressed, here Thursday, their resolve to give new impetus to their friendly and cooperation ties with a view to further diversify them. In a joint statement on the...
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AQIM Threatens to Annex Occupied Enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
Rabat - The Islamist organization, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) reportedly issued a new video threatening Spain that it would annex the two occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in the...
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Moroccan Leila Alaoui Injured in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
Taroudant - Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui was seriously injured in the attack that targeted on Friday night a hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The photographer’s mother told le360...
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120 hostages Freed in al-Qaida hotel attack in Burkina Faso
Taroudant - Burkina Faso security forces have freed more than 120 hostages from a hotel seized by al-Qaida-linked fighters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Alpha...
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Morocco Condemns Terrorist Attack in Ouagadougou
Rabat - Morocco has condemned "in the strongest" terms the deadly terrorist attack in Ouagadougou and expressed solidarity with the Burkina Faso’s government and its people, according to a statement...
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Morocco: Man Sentenced to Six Years for Attempting to Rape a Married Woman
Rabat - The Court of First Instance of El Jadida, near Casablanca, sentenced a man to six years in jail last Tuesday for attempting to rape a woman in her house under the threat at knifepoint....
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Loubna Chemmak Crowned Miss Amazigh Morocco 2016
Rabat - Loubna Chemmak, a 20-year old Moroccan from Awrir, was crowned Friday Miss Amazigh Morocco 2016 in Agadir. The Moroccan Amazigh beauty pageant contest was organized as part of the festivities...
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Moroccan Doctor Opens Clinic to Help Syrian and Sub-Saharan Refugees
Taroudant - Moroccan doctor Zouhair Lahna announced on his Facebook page that the socio-medical center Injab in Casablanca, created to offer free medical services to poor refugees, is now operational....
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Jordan’s Queen Rania Responds to Charlie Hebdo With a Cartoon
Taroudant - Jordan’s Queen Rania has responded to a controversial cartoon by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo about the drowned Syrian toddler in a similar vein, by a cartoon depicting the dreams and...
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Moroccan Politician: Sweden’s Decision “Comforts” Morocco, Repairs Broken Ties
New York - Following the official announcement made by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Friday that Sweden has no intention to recognize “Western Sahara” as a State, Moroccans all over the...
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