Counter terrorism: Morocco’s Multidimensional Approach Highlighted at UNSC
New York (UN) - Morocco's approach in fighting against terrorism in its security, religious and socio-economic aspects, was highlighted Tuesday at the United Nations during a high-level meeting of the...
View ArticleGeneral Information about Diversity Visa Program
Rabat - Morocco World News plans to publish a series of articles about the DV Lottery program to highlight all the aspects that applicants and DV Lottery Visa winners should know. The articles will...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Launches and Inaugurates Large-scale projects in Casablanca
Casablanca - The city of Casablanca witnessed the birth of new structuring projects launched and inaugurated, on Wednesday, by King Mohammed VI to improve the living conditions of local populations...
View ArticleMarrakesh Square Among 10 Best Night Markets in the World
Taroudant, Morocco- Adioso featured Jamaa el Fna square in Marrakesh among the 10 best places around the world for “feasting, shopping and people watching to your heart's delight.” Ranked third most...
View ArticleRaja Casablanca Fans Raise Slogans Supporting ISIS
By Youssfi Yassir Rabat- A video posted on Facebook and YouTube by fans of the football club Raja of Casablanca contains slogans supporting the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
View ArticleGeorge Clooney and Amal Amaluddin Bring Marrakech to the Limelight
Marrakech- Marrakech has become a popular destination for the world’s stars, celebrities, and fashion aficionados. The pink city has a backdrop of the Atlas Mountains and romantic gardens like the...
View ArticleList of Best Food You Can Buy for 5 Dirhams in Morocco
Rabat - Five Dirhams (Moroccan currency) is worth less than a euro or a dollar. In my country, Colombia, it is equivalent to a coin of 200 pesos that can’t even buy a lollipop. But in the Medinas of...
View ArticleUNCTC Highlights Morocco’s ‘Innovative, Efficient’ Counter-Terrorism Approach
New York - UN under-secretary-General and Counter-Terrorism Committee executive director Jean Paul Laborde highlighted Tuesday in New York Morocco's "innovative and efficient" approach in fighting...
View ArticleMorocco’s New Phosphate Projects to Enhance Production and Exports
Jorf Lasfar, Morocco - King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Thursday at the Jorf Lasfar industrial complex, the terminal station of the slurry pipeline linking Khouribga to Jorf Lasfar, the first...
View ArticlePension Plan Reform in Morocco: Each Day of Delay Costs 60 Million Dirhams
Rabat - Each day of delay in the implementation of the pension plan reform costs Morocco 60 million dirhams, Government Spokesman Mustapha El Khalfi said Thursday. As of this year, civil pension funds...
View ArticleReading between the lines of King Mohammed VI’s Speech at the UN
New York- The Moroccan people and international observers were somehow taken aback by the tone of King Mohammed VI’s speech at the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General...
View ArticleForeign Movies Shot in Morocco Generate $100 Million in 2014
Rabat- The film industry in Morocco has, thus far, generated $100 million this year, four times more than the first nine months of 2013. According to figures from the Moroccan Cinema Centre,...
View ArticleKarim Bellarabi Turns His Back to Morocco, Likely to Play for Germany
Rabat- In a scenario similar to that of Barcelona’s strikers Mounir Haddadi, it seems that Morocco is on its way to lose another great player. According to German newspaper, DW, Morocco-German player...
View Article2 Million Muslims Flock to Arafat on ‘Day of Arafat’
Rabat - More than two million prospective Hadjis who poured out of the Muslim holy city of Mecca to begin the annual Hajj, have flocked Arafat for the Waqfa Prayer. Mount Arafat is a granite hill in...
View ArticleMorocco’s Minister Mbarka Bouaïda Must Speak on Catalan Independence Referendum
Washington, DC — As the debate over the future of Catalonia rages on in Spain, the rest of the world is standing idle letting a serious constitutional predicament escalates into a European crisis. If...
View ArticleMorocco Tops Africa’s most visited countries
Taroudant, Morocco - Morocco comes on the top of the Africa’s most visited countries last year, according to the rankings announced this week by the World Tourism Organization. With 55.7 million...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Launches, Inaugurates Important Social Projects in Casablanca
Casablanca - King Mohammed VI launched and inaugurated, on Friday in Casablanca, major social projects meant to develop youth's sports and cultural capacities, slash delinquency and school dropout...
View ArticleMoroccan Pleads Guilty for Sexually Abusing American Woman on RAM Flight
New York: Thami Drissi, a Moroccan engineer, pleaded guilty for sexually abusing an American woman while traveling on a Casablanca-New York flight last August. According to the New York based Daily...
View ArticleSweden to Be Fourth EU Member to Recognize State of Palestine
New York- The Center-left Swedish government said on Friday that it will recognize the State of Palestine to become the fourth European Union country to have done so after Poland, Hungary and Slovakia....
View ArticleISIS Claims Beheading of British Hostage
Rabat- The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a video on Friday in it which it claims that it has beheaded a second British man, Alan Hanning, who had been held hostage in Syria...
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