Morocco, Second Arms Importer in Africa: Survey
Rabat - Morocco is the second largest importer of arms in Africa during the period 2010-2014, a Swedish think tank has said. According to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research...
View ArticleMarrakech Hosts Global Marketer Week
Rabat - The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) is holding its annual Global Marketer Week in Marrakech from March 16 to March 20, 2015. The event, which will be co-hosted with the Moroccan...
View ArticleMorocco’s Head of Govt. Says His Life is Under Threat
Rabat - Head of government Abdelilah Benkirane has revealed that he was the target of potential threats as a result of the reforms he is undertaking along with the other members of his cabinet. During...
View ArticleMorocco Population Reached 33,8 Million in September 2014: Census
Rabat - The number of inhabitants in Morocco has reached 33,848,242 in September 2014, announced on Monday, the High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Alami Lahlimi. In an address to King Mohammed VI...
View ArticleSelfie of Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj With the French President
Rabat - Morocco’s Former Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj published on his Facebook page, a photo with his wife and French President Francois Hollande. "Our joy was great attending decorating Nawal...
View ArticleAmerican Expert Calls on Washington to Provide Morocco With Drones
Washington- Dave Majumdar, a freelance defense-aerospace reporter who writes for the National Interest believes that the US should provide Morocco with drones. He says that Morocco’s government is...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Calls on Government to Draft Law on Abortion
Rabat- On Monday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, King Mohammad VI gave a royal audience to the Minister of Justice, Mustapha Ramid, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq and the President of...
View ArticleRemittances of Moroccans Living Abroad Reach MAD 9.4 Billion in February
Rabat - The remittances of Moroccans living abroad have increased by 6.9 per cent to reach 9.48 billion Dirhams by the end of February compared to 8.86 billion Dirhams during the same period a year...
View ArticleMorocco Expects An Exceptional Crop Year
Rabat - Morocco is expecting a good harvest this year. Thanks to the best weather and a good distribution of rainfall, the Ministry of Agriculture is optimistic about the outcome of the 2014-2015 crop...
View ArticleNo Text in Quran Prohibits Abortion: Moroccan Scholar
Rabat – There is no text in the Quran or any prophetic saying that provides specific guidance on whether to prohibit or allow the termination of pregnancies in Islam, said Ahmed El Khamlichi, Director...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Offers Official Welcome Ceremony to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Rabat- King Mohammed VI chaired, on Tuesday at the Mechouar Square in the Casablanca Royal Palace, the official welcome ceremony for Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al-Nahyane, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and...
View ArticleMorocco Reject Spain’s Project to Expand Maritime Borders Off Canary Islands
Rabat - A new tension between Morocco and Spain has surfaced and this time over territorial waters. According to media reports, Morocco has requested the United Nations to reject a Spanish proposal to...
View ArticleMoroccan Islamists Warn Against ‘Shia Threat’ in Morocco
Rabat - Religious figures in Morocco are leading campaigns throughout the country condemning Shiism as straying from the path of Islam. Islamists from both ends of the spectrum are putting aside their...
View ArticleAmerican Jewish Delegation Visits Morocco, Supports Its Territorial Integrity
Rabat - A delegation from the American Jewish Committee (AJC), a leading global Jewish advocacy organization, hailed Morocco's economic and political progress and its security partnership with the...
View ArticleVideo: Italian Man Savagely Beat a Moroccan Man in Italy
Rabat – A Moroccan national living in Italy was brutally assaulted by an Italian on Friday night. The man identified as Mustapha Ferdous was savagely beaten on the head, which caused him to lose...
View ArticleCasablanca: King Mohammed VI, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Inaugurate Sheikh...
Casablanca - King Mohammed VI and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inaugurated on Tuesday the Sheikh Khalifa Bin...
View ArticleMorocco is a Partner, Not a Rival of Canary Islands: FM
Madrid - Morocco is a partner and not a rival of the Canary Islands, said foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar. "The geographical closeness between Morocco's southern regions and the Canary Islands...
View ArticleSpain: Satirical Video Mocks Morocco
Rabat - Satirical Spanish television show Crackovia has recently aired an episode that tells a lot about the stereotypes that Spaniards have about their southern neighbors. Morocco is being portrayed...
View ArticleTunisia’s Bardo Museum Terrorist Attack Leaves 22 Dead
Tunis - Gunman shot dead 22 people — 20 foreign tourists and two Tunisians — and injured 54 today in an assault at the National Bardo Museum, near the country's parliament in Central Tunis, medical...
View ArticleUAE to Explore Oil and Gas off Morocco’s Mediterranean Coast
Rabat - UAE's Mubadala Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's state-owned Mubadala Development Company, announced on Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with Morocco's Office National...
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