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‘France Football’ Argues Strong Potential for Renard to Succeed with Morocco
By Mohamed Lakdali Rabat - According to French magazine France Football, a biweekly that specializes in football news, the reason behind the dismissal of the Moroccan national team’s head coach Badou...
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IKEA Behind Sweden’s Decision to Give Up on Recognizing So-called SADR
Rabat - Sweden’s Foreign Minister said that the establishment of IKEA in Morocco is among the reasons that pushed her country to refrain from recognizing the self-proclaimed the “Sahrawi Arab...
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Dutch Senate Votes to Terminate Social Security Benefits Treaty with Morocco
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - The Dutch senate voted on Tuesday in favor of a bill that will unilaterally terminate a 1972 treaty that allowed Moroccans with a Dutch citizenship to collect social...
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EU Expresses Support to the Moroccan Presidency of COP22
Brussels - The European Union expressed on Monday its support to the Moroccan presidency of the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (COP22) to be held on November in Marrakech. The...
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8 Killed, 30 Injured in Road Accident Northeastern Morocco
Nador - Eight people were killed and 30 others were injured, including two seriously, when intercity bus and a van collided Wednesday morning near the Northeastern city of Nador, local authorities...
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Morocco Ranks 150 in Providing Children Access to Justice
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Morocco ranks 150 out of 197 countries in providing children access to the judicial system according to a ranking published by the Child Rights International Network...
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Man Seriously Injured Following Landmine Explosion in Southern Morocco
Laayoune – A young man was seriously wounded and four of his companions were slightly injured after kicking a landmine on Tuesday evening in the southern city of Laayoune, local authorities said....
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King Mohammed VI Extends Condolences to Families of Victims of Nador Road...
Rabat - King Mohammed VI has sent condolence messages to the families of the victims of the road accident that took place on Wednesday morning near the Northeastern city of Nador. The King also...
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New Project to Develop Moroccan-Made Solar-Powered Water Heaters
Fez - Two weeks after King Mohammed VI launched the first phase of the world’s largest solar power complex in Ouarzazate, a new milestone has been reached this week in Fez with the launching of a...
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Morocco Denies Allegations on Its ‘Mediation’ to Resume Palestinian-Israeli...
Rabat - Moroccan authorities denied the allegations widely reported by Israeli media in recent days that King Mohammed VI had allegedly dispatched a Moroccan Jewish negotiator to Israel with the...
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Moroccan Minister Holds Talks with US State Under Secretary for Political...
Rabat - Delegate Minister to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mbarka Bouaida held, here Wednesday, talks with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon. This...
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Moroccan Actress Dreams of Raising Moroccan Flag in Bollywood
Rabat - Nora Fatehi, a 27-year-old Moroccan Canadian actress in the Hindi film industry Bollywood, dreams of raising Morocco’s flag in Indian cinema. In an interview with news website Yabiladi, the...
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Morocco Dismantles 10-member ISIS Affiliated Terror Cell
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Moroccan security forces dismantled a 10-member, ISIS-affiliated terror cell active in the cities of Essaouira, Meknes, and Sidi Kasem on Thursday. According to a press...
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Moroccan Official Holds Talks with NATO Deputy Secretary General
Rabat - Upon high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration...
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Germany Stops Flow of Moroccan Asylum-seekers
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Moroccan asylum seekers will not be welcomed in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s largest province by population, according to a statement by the German Office of...
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Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez to Open Institute of Political Science
Paris – According to the minister of higher education, scientific research and executives training, Lahcen Daoudi, the Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Political Science will open in Fez next...
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Casablanca Four Season Hotel Wasn’t Granted Alcohol License For Being Near a...
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Three weeks since the official inauguration of the Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca, its management team is still trying to obtain a liquor license from Moroccan...
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Morocco Announces New Program to Vaccine all Poultry After First Avian Flu Case
Rabat - Moroccan officials announced a new program that will preventatively vaccinate all poultry against the Avian flu (H9N2) after the emergence of the country’s first case of the virus on...
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Moroccan Freed From Guantanamo Condemns ISIS, Describes How He Was Tortured
Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, a Moroccan man who was provisionally released from a Moroccan prison after nearly 14 years in Guantanamo Bay last Thursday, condemned the...
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Apple Resists FBI’s Demands to Unlock iPhone of San Bernardino Shooter
Rabat - Apple CEO Tim Cook recently announced his company’s decision to resist FBI’s demand to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter. The FBI investigation into the San Bernardino terrorist...
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