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Morocco: Interior Minister Files legal Complaint over Espionage Allegations
Rabat - Moroccan Interior Minister has lodged a legal complaint against an NGO accusing him of spying on activists during the so-called Arab Spring. According to Maghreb Arab Press (MAP), Interior...
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Morocco’s Health Minister Supports Abortion
Rabat - Morocco's Health Minister El Hussein Louardi wants to see the ban on abortion lifted in Morocco. In an interview with French-speaking weekly magazine Telquel published on Friday, the minister...
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Cristiano Ronaldo Donates €7 million to help earthquake-stricken Nepal
Rabat - Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly donated 7 million euros to help the aid effort in Nepal, according to French media reports. French sports magazine So Foot reported the...
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Moroccan Woman Tries to Smuggle Ivoirian Boy in Her Suitcase
Rabat- A Moroccan woman was caught in the act trying to smuggle an Ivorian boy into Ceuta inside a suitcase, officials have said. The eight-year-old boy was found inside the case being carried by a...
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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music to Celebrate African Roots
Fez - The twenty-first Fez Festival of World Sacred Music will take place from May 22 to 30 under the theme of “Fez: an African reflection.” The theme is inspired by King Mohammed VI’s visits to...
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Marrakech to Restore 20 km of Historic Walls
Rabat- The mayor of Marrakech, Fatima Zahra Mansouri, said in an interview with The Economist that the city will restore 20 kilometers of centuries-old walls, 200 towers, and twenty monumental gates....
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Afghanistan’s Floundering Billion Dollar Drug War Uncovered
By Kevin Kriedemann London- In an eye-opening investigation that spanned several months, Al Jazeera’s documentary programme 101 East exposes the murky world of Afghanistan’s drug networks and reveals...
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Morocco: Disabled Student Banned from Defending His Ph.D.
Rabat- He walks with a limp, but never thought of himself as disabled as he struggled to fulfill his father’s wish, getting a PhD. However, the Ministry of Higher Education’s new policy “torpedoed”...
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Two Moroccan Teams Participate in International Collegiate Programming Contest
Rabat - Two Moroccan teams are participating in the 39th Annual World Finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2015, which will take place from May 16 to 21 in Morocco....
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Houthi Group Claims Responsibility for Downing of Moroccan F-16 in Yemen
Rabat - Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they shot down a Moroccan military F-16 in the Saada region in the north of the country, news website Hespress reported. The Iran-backed Shia group said the...
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Morocco: First Baby on the way for Princess Lalla Soukaina
Rabat - Princess Lalla Soukaina of Morocco is reportedly pregnant. According to news website Alyoum24, Princess Lalla Soukaina and husband Mohammed Regragui are expecting their first child. The couple...
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MAD1,200 Tickets on Sale for Jennifer Lopez Mawazine Concert
Rabat - Tickets are on sale for a performance by American singer Jennifer Lopez at Mawazine Festival at OLM Stage in the capital Rabat. Ticket prices will start at MAD1200. J LO's concert on May 28th...
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First Images of Moroccan F-16 Crash Site in Yemen
Rabat - The first images have emerged of the crash site of a Moroccan F-16 warplane which was reportedly shot down in northern Yemen by Houthi rebels on Sunday. Images have emerged showing wreckage...
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Houthis Rebels Release Gruesome Pictures of Alleged Corpse of Moroccan Pilot
Rabat - Houthi rebels in northern Yemen released the first images of what is said to be the corpse of Moroccan pilot whose F-16 warplane was reportedly shot down on Sunday. Supporters of the...
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Circle Oil ‘Delighted’ With Preliminary Gas Results in Morocco
Rabat - Exploration company Circle Oil said they are 'delighted' with preliminary results of testing of the well SAH-W1 in the onshore Sebou permit. The Limerick-based company, which operates in North...
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Morocco’s Justice Minster Against France’s Law on Prohibition of Veil
Rabat- Morocco’s Justice Minister Mustapha Ramid expressed his disagreement with France's decision to ban Muslim women from wearing the full-face veil, news website le360 reported. Speaking during an...
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Spain’s Red Cross Official Accused of Sexually Abusing 3 Moroccan Minors
Rabat- A local official of the Spanish Red Cross is accused of sexually abusing three Moroccan minors. Joaquim Homs, who was the president of the Red Cross in the city of Banyoles located in the...
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Discovery of Natural Gas in Morocco, Production to Begin in June
Rabat - Morocco's Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) announced Monday positive test results for the SAH-W1 well in the western-central area of the Sebou Permit, onshore Morocco. Well flows were...
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Casablanca’s Sindibad Amusement Park To Reopen May 25
Rabat- Casablanca's mayor, Mohamed Sajid, said in a statement that Sindibad Amusement Park, Morocco’s only amusement park, will officially reopen on May 25. The Sindibad Amusement Park originally...
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France Strips a Moroccan of French Citizenship Over Terrorism Charges
Rabat - France's Council of State Conseil d'Etat has stripped a Moroccan of his French citizenship for taking part in terror-related activities. The Council of State announced Monday it had refused to...
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