French Interior Minister to Visit Morocco After Year-long Diplomatic Crisis
Rabat- French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will visit the kingdom on Saturday. This is the first visit of a French official to Morocco since the end of a year-long diplomatic crisis between...
View ArticlePioneer of Moroccan Amaizgh Music Dies
Rabat - One of the pioneers of Amazigh music Ammouri Mbarek passed away on Saturday morning in a Casablanca clinic following a long battle with cancer. Born in 1951 in Irguiten, a small village...
View ArticleMorocco, ‘Key Partner’ in Combating Terrorism: French Minister
Rabat - "Morocco is a key partner in ensuring security and combating terrorism," said Bernard Cazeneuve in a joint press briefing following talks with his Moroccan counterpart Mohamed Hassad....
View ArticleHead of Morocco’s Secret Services to Receive France ‘Legion d’Honneur’
Rabat – Abdellatif Hammouchi, head of the Morocco's secret services (DGST), will be decorated with the French republic’s highest award, the Legion d’honneur, in what appears to be an attempt by the...
View ArticleAlgeria, Polisario Make of Humanitarian Aid a ‘Profitable Business’: Belgian...
Brussels - The embezzlement of humanitarian aid by Algeria and the Polisario, was denounced on Saturday in the front page of a leading Belgian paper, La Libre Belgique. The paper dedicated an article...
View ArticleMoroccan MPs’ Use of Language Grew Dramatic
Fez - Moroccan MPs’ use of colorful language reaches new heights— or lows — as president of February 9 Parliamentary meeting suspends discussion after debate grows intense and unprofessional. Watching...
View ArticleChapel Hill Shooting: Viewed by an American Studying in Morocco
Rabat - In the past several days, news of the Chapel Hill shooting has quickly spread as the story evolved. On the evening of February 10th, Craig Stephen Hicks killed Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his...
View ArticleMorocco Deports Two French Journalists For Filming Without Permission
Rabat- Two French journalists from “l’Agence Premières Lignes” were deported on Sunday from Rabat, for filming a documentary without authorization. Paul Moreira, founder of Premieres Lignes, said in a...
View ArticleI will Feel Completely Jew When There Will Be a Palestinian State: Azoulay
Rabat - Andre Azoulay, advisor of King Mohammed VI of Morocco said in an interview that has been posted on the internet that he supports the establishment of a Palestinian state side by side with...
View ArticlePrincess Lalla Salma Participates in World Innovative Summit for Health in Doha
Rabat- Princess Lalla Salma, president of the Lalla Salma Foundation for the prevention and treatment of cancers, arrived in Doha on Monday evening to take part in the 2nd World Innovative Summit for...
View ArticleAfrican Women Forum to Hold Special Meeting on March 13 in Dakhla
Geneva - The next African Women's Forum, an initiative of the Grans Montana organization, will hold a special meeting on March 13 in the southern city of Dakhla, on the fringes of the annual meeting...
View ArticleMorocco Condemns Terrorist Attacks Against Denmark
Rabat - Morocco condemned, on Monday, the terrorist attacks that hit the Danish capital this past Saturday and expressed its solidarity with Denmark. The terrorist act, which targeted a cultural...
View ArticleMorocco’s Wafa Assurances 2014 net profit rises 7.6 pct
RABAT - Morocco's biggest insurer, Wafa Assurances, on Monday reported a 2014 net profit of 839 million dirhams ($88.55 million), up 7.6 percent. The company said revenues rose 5.6 percent to 6.08...
View ArticleMorocco to Suspend Temporarily Morocco-Libya flights
Rabat - Moroccan authorities decided to suspend temporarily, as of Feb. 16, 2015, flights between Morocco and Libya, said a joint statement by the Interior Ministry and the Equipment, Transportation...
View ArticleWeather Alert: Heavy Rainstorms Forecast in Morocco From Tuesday
Rabat- Several northern regions of the Kingdom will witness heavy rainstorms with strong winds starting on Tuesday, according to the National Meteorological Directorate. In a special weather warning,...
View ArticleLetter to Swedish Prime Minister on the Brutal Treatment of 9-year-old...
Rabat- The video of a Swedish security guard using excessive violence against a nine-year-old Moroccan boy at the train station in Malmö, Sweden, for getting on the train without a ticket, has gained...
View ArticleCIA and Mossad are behind Boko Haram and ISIL, says Sudan president
The President of Sudan claims that "CIA and Mossad are behind Boko Haram and ISIL." He has warned that the fight against jihadist extremism must engage militants on an ideological level, and not...
View ArticleJewish Family Calls on King Mohammed VI to Bring them Back to Their Home
Rabat - Few days after travelling to Israel, the Jewish family who was evicted from the house where hey had lived for 50 years, call on King Mohammed VI to bring them back to their home....
View ArticleMorocco’s Textile: 32,000 jobs lost between 2013 and 2014
Rabat - More than 32,000 jobs were lost in Morocco’s textile and leather industries sectors between 2013 and 2014, according to the High Commissioner for Planning (HCP). Despite a recovery in exports...
View ArticleSpain Spied on Moroccan Officials’ Computers Between 2007-2014
Rabat - A former Spanish spy has revealed that a large number of Moroccan personalities were being monitored by the Spanish intelligence agencies. David R. Vidal, a former North Africa-based...
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