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King Mohammed VI receives IMF managing director
Rabat - King Mohammed VI received, on Friday at the Rabat Royal Palace, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde. The meeting touched on the development of...
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Moroccan Voices: Bring Back Our Girls
By Buqkie Jedidiah Kenitra - I am a Nigerian studying at the Faculties of letters and Humanities in the University of Ibn Tofail, Kenitra. I have been having classes with my Moroccan friends for quite...
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Female athletes run the streets of Rabat for Women’s Victory Race
Fez- Female runners from around Morocco will head to the capital of Rabat this weekend to participate in the 7th edition of the Women’s Victory Race. The 7-kilometer race will begin at the Avenue of...
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One dead, two injured in fire in SAMIR
Mohammedia - One person died and two others were injured in a fire that broke out on Friday in Morocco's biggest oil refinery SAMIR, which was caused by a gas leak, said local authorities. During a...
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First Africa Women’s Forum kicks off in Dakhla
Dakhla - The first Africa Women's Forum kicked off Friday in Dakhla with the participation of high-level women leaders from 35 African countries. The meeting, organized at the initiative of the Council...
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AMU: foreign ministers call for ending current deadlock
Rabat - The foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) highlighted, Friday in Rabat, the need to get the Union out of the current impasse, and move forward to fulfill the aspirations the peoples...
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Benkirane To Increase Monthly Allowance of Moroccan MPs
Taroudant, Morocco - In a stark contradiction with the fiscal austerity advocated by Benkirane’s government, the PJD-led government gave the green light for a monthly MAD 4000 rise in the allowances of...
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President of Moroccan Football Federation to sue a newspaper
Rabat - The Moroccan Football Federation has denied in a statement allegations of corruption raised against its president Faouzi Lakjaa by a local daily newspaper. Moroccan daily newspaper Al Naas had...
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Morocco to build blade-topped wall at Melilla border
Taroudante, Morocco- According to AFP, Morocco has begun construction of a new fence with blades on the top near the border of the Moroccan occupied city of Melilla “in an effort to dissuade would-be...
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Why a War Between Morocco and Algeria Over ‘Western Sahara’ is Unlikely
New York- As I was reading the news on Saturday morning, I came across an article published by a Moroccan analyst. Mr. Manar Slimi, author of the article, put forth many arguments regarding the...
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Interview with Dr. Deidre Combs About Violence at Moroccan Universities
Agadir - Violence has struck Moroccan universities once again, and this time it has apparently escalated to the extent that local authorities will now enter universities for any violent incident that...
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Souad Abbad’s “This is Not a Caftan”: To What Extent?
Casablanca - Inspired by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte, fashion designer Souad Abbad claims to have embraced the air of avant-gardism and rebellion in her “This is Not a Caftan” collection,...
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IMF encourages Morocco to implement structural reforms program
Rabat - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) encourages Morocco to implement a program of structural reforms to enhance competitiveness, improve the business climate, and create more jobs, said Friday...
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Ban Ki-moon Appoints New head of MINURSO
United Nations, New York - The United Nations Secretary-General, BAN Ki-moon, appointed Canadian Kim Bolduc as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in...
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Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on “Western Sahara”: source
Bogota - The Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on the “Western Sahara” issue, said a Colombian parliamentary source, according to Maghreb Arab Press. The agenda of the Senate did not...
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Moroccan activist wins ‘Women 4 Africa’ humanitarian award
London- Moroccan grassroots activist, Fatima Khouchoua won the humanitarian of the year award in Africa given by British NGO "Women 4 Africa". Khouchoua, founder of "Giving Chances", an NGO which...
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Rabat: King Mohammed VI launches building works of Institute for Religious...
Rabat- King Mohammed VI launched, on Monday in Rabat, the building works of the Mohammed VI Institute for Imams, Murshidines and Murshidates (preachers) Training. Worth 140 million dirhams, the future...
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Moroccan official: defending expatriates’ rights at the core of government’s...
Amsterdam - Defending the rights acquired by Moroccan expatriates is at the core of the Moroccan government's concerns, said minister in charge of the Moroccan community abroad and of migration...
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Washington: Moroccan official warns against Polisario members’ involvement...
Washington- Terrorist groups preying in the Sahel-Sahara region are, henceforth, allying with separatism advocates and at least 100 members of the Polisario are actively committed with the Al Qaeda in...
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Morocco, ‘model of stability’ despite difficult economic juncture in region:...
Washington - Morocco is a "model of stability" despite the difficult economic conditions, marked, particularly by the economic crisis in Europe and the political transitions in the Arab world, said...
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