Moroccan officer given 3 years in prison for espionage for Algeria
Fez- A Moroccan military officer was sentenced by the military court of Rabat to 3 years in jail and a MAD 500 fine for espionage for a foreign country. According to the Moroccan daily news Assabah, a...
View ArticleMorocco says it has dismantled ‘terrorist cell’
RABAT - Moroccan authorities said Thursday they had dismantled a "terrorist cell" operating in several cities that included people trained in the use of firearms and explosives. North Africa has been...
View ArticleWatch out! Extremely dangerous spam SMS being circulated
Taroudant- According to Lemag, many phone users in Morocco reported that they were victims of an extremely dangerous spam SMS, which is being circulated these days. The mobile owners have received an...
View ArticleSaudi blogger sentenced to death for apostasy
Taroudant- According to CNN, the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, founder of a website for political and social debate, “Saudi Arabian Liberals”, has been found guilty of insulting Islam through his...
View ArticleEgypt orders 18 Brotherhood members held on terror charges: media
CAIRO- Egyptian prosecutors ordered at least 18 Muslim Brotherhood members, including an ex-lawmaker, held on accusations of belonging to a terrorist group, a day after the government blacklisted the...
View ArticleMorocco: House of Representatives adopts appropriation draft bill
Rabat- The house of representatives (lower house) adopted, on Wednesday in a plenary session, the second reading of the 2014 appropriation draft bill. The draft bill was adopted by a majority of 186...
View ArticleMorocco, the new favored destination for Israeli Runaways?
Casablanca- Earlier this year, founder of the Shuvu Bonim religious seminary in Israel, Eliezer Berland, 76, had fled to Morocco after being incriminated of sexually abusing two women. The Chasidic...
View ArticleMore than 6000 Moroccan teachers stage a hunger strike
By Monaim EL Azzouzi Rabat - More than 6000 Moroccan teachers are staging a hunger strike to protest against their exclusion from their legitimate right of promotion and to demand integration in the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Cadi Ayyad University among top 100 universities in 22 emerging...
Taroudant- The TimesHigher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 powered by Thomson Reuters placed the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) best university in Morocco and among the best...
View ArticleEmir of Qatar arrives in Morocco on official visit
Marrakech-Menara airport- The Emir of Qatar Sheik Tamim Ben Hamad Al-Thani arrived this Friday in Marrakech on an official visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The Emir of Qatar was...
View ArticleCorruption in the Tindouf camps threat to security: US magazine
Washington - US "commentary magazine" writes about the widespread corruption in the Tindouf camps where the Polisario leaders, claiming the Sahara separation from Morocco, are smuggling humanitarian...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI, Emir of Qatar chair signing ceremony of four cooperation...
Marrakech- King Mohammed VI and the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, Sheikh Joann Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani and Sheikh Mohammed...
View ArticleChristian Missionaries fail to convert Moroccans: source
Taroudant- It seems that Christian missionaries have failed in their goal to spread Christianity in Morocco. The Moroccan daily Al Massae reported in its Friday edition that Christian missionaries who...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI offers official dinner in honor of Emir of State of Qatar
Marrakech- King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ismail, offered, on Friday at the Marrakech royal palace, an official dinner in honor of Emir of the State of Qatar...
View ArticleIraqi Prime Minister says Qiblah for prayer should be Kerbala not Mecca
Taroudant- According to AlArabaiya, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that the Shiite holy city of Kerbala must be the Qibla - direction, towards which Muslims pray – instead of the Kaaba in...
View ArticlePictures: King Mohammed VI offers warm welcome to Emir of Qatar
Rabat- King Mohammed VI offered a warm welcome to the Emir of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who started an official visit to Morocco on Friday.
View ArticleRaja’s Benzarti Made History, Khaled Zaid wrote it
Casablanca- Faouzi Benzarti is the man behind Raja’s historic accomplishments in the recent edition of the FIFA Club World Cup 2013 hosted by Morocco. Thanks to the winning Tunisian card, the “green...
View ArticleMWN’s Controversial Trinity: Latifa Ahrar, Dounia Batma and Sina
Casablanca - And the personality of the year is…—this is the prevalent subject matter of an abundance of articles that have recently been published on Moroccan media (both print and virtual). How about...
View ArticleLatifa Ahrar denies having mimicked Quranic Verses
Casablanca- In a recent interview with news outlet Hesspress, Moroccan actress Latifa Ahrar denied having mocked the Quran in her previous interview with Hamid Berrada on his show Mais Encore,...
View ArticleFrench journalist harshly criticized for marrying a Moroccan actor
Sidi Ifni- In an interview with a French Magazine, a famous French journalist talks about racism in her country and says that she has been facing it on a daily basis since she married a French...
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