Morocco: Woman Gives Birth to 5 Babies after Suffering From Infertility
Rabat- A 28-year old woman from Casablanca has reportedly given birth to five babies on Sunday after receiving treatments for infertility. Last weekend, a woman gave birth to five babies, two girls and...
View ArticleMorocco, IFAD Sign Loan, Grant Agreement Worth $26 Million Dollars
Rome - Morocco and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed, on Monday in Rome, an agreement of a 25.5 mln dollar-loan and 500,000 dollar-grant aimed at financing the first...
View ArticleMorocco’s National Team Disqualified from CAN 2015
Rabat- The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided, following its meeting on Tuesday in Cairo, that the African Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in...
View ArticleAlgeria Rejects UAE’s Offer of Mediation With Morocco
Rabat- Algeria has reportedly rejected a mediation proposal by the United Arab Emirates seeking to ease the ongoing tension between Morocco and Algeria. Emirati media reported that Crown Prince of Abu...
View ArticlePolisario Threatens to Return to War Against Morocco
Rabat-The Polisario Front has threatened it described as a new armed ‘struggle’ against Morocco in response to the speech delivered by King Mohammed VI last week on the 39th anniversary of the Green...
View ArticlePJD Calls for Naming Parliament Hall After Late Ahmed Zaidi
Rabat - The Justice and Development Party group (PJD) called on the house of Representatives (lower chamber of the parliament) to name the parliament hall after the late Ahmed Zaidi, former leader of...
View ArticleSyrian Child Saves His Sister Under Heavy Gunfire
Taroudant- A video posted on YouTube showed a young Syrian boy braving a shower of bullets to rescue little girl trapped behind a car for fear of snipers’ bullets. The child was seen running heroically...
View ArticleOpposition Leader Accused of Stealing the Moroccan ‘Mona Lisa’
Marrakech - "The Fight Against Corruption" association, an NGO based in Tetouan, accused Hamid Chabat, the leader of the Independence party, of stealing a painting with an estimated value of MAD 7...
View ArticleMoroccan Courts to Adopt Tamazight Language
Marrakech - A Moroccan court will soon adopt a law that enables Moroccans to litigate in the Tamazight language, according to Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, in a speech to the House of...
View ArticleMoroccans More Opposed to a Secular State Than Saudis: Survey
Rabat- A report published by the Qatari-based Doha Institute shows that 53% of Moroccans are against the separation of religion from social and political life. The survey was conducted in Morocco on...
View ArticleCAN 2015 To Take Place in Qatar?
Rabat- Issa Hayatou, President of the African Football Federation (CAF), seems to be determined that CAN 2015 will be played at the scheduled time (17 January- February 8) even if it is not hosted by...
View ArticleFrance: Far-right Leader Proposes To Entrust Disused Church to Muslims
Rabat - Jean-Pierre Legrand, leader of the National Front in Roubaix, France, has proposed to "entrust the keys of a disused church to Muslims" who suddenly find themselves without a mosque. Legrand’s...
View ArticleMoroccan Lawyer Involved in Falsifying Legal Documents for Polygamy Arrested
Fez - A lawyer and two others were arrested for fabricating documents attesting to the “bachelor” status of men seeking to marry a second wife. The general prosecutor of the Ain Sebaa Court of First...
View ArticleMorocco: 5 Soldiers Detained for Alleged Link with “Islamic State”
Rabat- Amid ongoing efforts to deter the rising number of Jihadis in North Africa who pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS, the Moroccan Police reportedly arrested 5...
View ArticleSeven Ouarzazate Hotels on Top of Global Ranking
Rabat - Trivago.fr, the travel metasearch engine, which compares the prices of hotels around the world, released its global ranking of cities by value of hotels. Ouarzazate, the Moroccan southeastern...
View ArticleNew Book Discusses Western Media Discourse towards Political Islam
Fez - Political Islam has been criticized and condemned as a potential threat to the diversity and stability of world peace, particularly within the Arab nations. The so-called Arab Spring has brought...
View ArticleQatar denies replacing Morocco as new hosts of CAN 2015
Rabat - Qatar has denied on Wednesday media reports suggesting that it might be a possible candidate to host the African Cup of Nations, following the decision of the Confederation of African Football...
View ArticleSix Moroccan Schools Among 1000 Business Schools Worldwide
Rabat - Six Moroccan universities and schools of trade and management have been included in the Eduniversal global ranking of The Best 1000 Business Schools in 154 countries around the world. The...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI’s Far-Sighted Religious Approach Gave Women More Visibility:...
Rabat - The far-sighted approach initiated by King Mohammed VI in the religious field was mirrored in the fact of giving women more visibility and the crucial role that female scholar and preachers are...
View ArticleMorocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in the IAAF Hall of Fame
Rabat - Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj became the youngest man to be inducted in the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) hall of fame. The double Olympic gold medalist is...
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