IDEA to organize Regional Youth Forum 2014 in Tunisia
Rabat- Association Internationale pour L'éducation en Débat (IDEA) Middle East and North Africa is set to organize its first Regional Youth Forum (RYF) which will take place from 22 to 27 December 2014...
View ArticleMorocco: Taza Hosts First Olive Festival
Marakech- Taza, located about 100 km east of Fez, is celebrating the olive during the first edition of the regional Festival of the olive from November 5 through 8. This festival is organized by the...
View ArticleMarrakesh Named 2015 Best Golf Destination in Africa, Gulf Region
Milan - The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) has named the Moroccan city of Marrakesh as the best Golf destination for 2015 in Africa and the Gulf region. The announcement...
View ArticleIssa Hayatou Granted Authority to Decide on Morocco’s Request to Postpone CAN...
Rabat- The executive committee of the African Football Confederation (CAF) is set to travel to Rabat on Monday for a final and decisive meeting with Moroccan officials regarding the fate of the African...
View ArticleCourt Reduces Prison Sentence for King Mohammed VI Lookalike
Rabat - The Court of Appeals in Tetouan has reduced the prison sentence for Nabil Sbaï, a lookalike of the King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Nabil Sbaï was sentenced to three years in prison for...
View ArticleMarrakech Jemaa El Fna: New Security Mechanism ‘HADAR’ Launched
Marrakesh - The new security mechanism known as “Hadar”, created to counter security threats facing the Kingdom, was recently launched in Marrakech at Jemaa El Fna. Following an announcement made by...
View ArticleCasablanca Shoeshine Boy Attempts to Immolate Himself
Rabat - A young man working as a "Cireur", or shoeshine boy, attempted to immolate himself on Saturday evening inside the police station at Avenue Hassan II in Casablanca, after he was arrested for...
View ArticleMorocco: 4.6-Magnitude Quake Hits Tetouan
Rabat- A quake measuring 4.6 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded Sunday night, off to the east of Tetouan, announced the National Institute of Geophysics of the National Centre for Scientific and...
View ArticleActress of Street Harassment Viral Video Receives Death, Rape Threats
Rabat- Shoshana B. Roberts, the woman who appeared on the video on street harassment that went viral and received 30 million views so far, has reportedly received rape and death threats following the...
View ArticleYouTube to Charge Users Who Want to Watch Videos without Ads
Marrakech- YouTube, a subsidiary of Google company since 2006 when it bought it for $1.65 billion, is studying the idea of paid subscriptions for users who want to check their content without ads....
View ArticleHead of CAF in Morocco to Discuss Morocco’s Request to Postpone CAN 2015
Casablanca - The President of the African Confederation of Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou arrived Sunday night in Casablanca along with a delegation of CAF’s executive committee to discuss Morocco’s...
View ArticleCAF Executive Committee Holds Meeting with Moroccan Officials to Decide Fate...
Rabat - According to Le360 website, a meeting between the members of African Football Confederation’s (CAF) executive Committee and Moroccan officials started on Monday at 11AM at the Ministry of...
View ArticleAustralia: Alleged ISIS Supporter Shoot Shiite Leader in The Face
Taroudant, Morocco- During celebration of the day of Ashura, an Iraqi Shiite leader was reportedly shot in the face by a suspected ISIS member at a mosque in western Sydney, Australia. “Rasoul Al...
View ArticleUAE Offers to Mediate Dispute Between Morocco and Algeria
Taroudant- Following the strained relations between Morocco and Algeria over the recent shooting by an Algerian sniper of a Moroccan civilian, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) top official has offered to...
View ArticleMorocco: Director of a Primary School Arrested on Claims of Drug Trafficking
Marrakech- The director of Belghazi Primary School, in Hay Bab Al Khukha in Fez, was arrested last Thursday on accusations of drug trafficking. The judicial police arrested the school’s director after...
View ArticleAmerican Band Maroon 5 in Mawazine Festival 2015
Rabat- Association Maroc Culture has revealed that the 14th edition of Mawazine Festival which is scheduled to take place between May 29th and June 6th, 2015 will see the participation of American Pop...
View ArticleIrish Cattle Raiser Sold Diseased Animals to Morocco
Rabat - An Irish judge said on Monday he would sentence a local cattle raiser and exporter to four years in prison if a €50,000 fine was not paid by December 1, 2015 and an additional €50,000 by...
View ArticleMorocco: ALCS Launches 8th Annual National Testing Day Event for AIDS
Marrakech - The Moroccan Association for the Fight Against AIDS (Association Marocaine de Lutte contre le Sida, or ALCS), one of Morocco's leading NGOs addressing HIV/AIDS, opened its 8th Annual...
View ArticleBelgium: Moroccan Imams Criticized for “Monolingualism”
Rabat - Montasser AlDe'emeh, a Belgian researcher and specialist in Islamic radicalization and international jihad, has criticized Moroccan Imams for being “monolingual.” Montasser AlDe’emeh says, "The...
View ArticleMoroccan Singer Dounia Batma Accused of Plagiarism
Rabat - Moroccan young singer Dounia Batma has been accused of plagiarizing one of the songs featured in her first album from another Moroccan singer called Jihane. According to Al Quds al Arabi, both...
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