15-Year-Old, Youngest Moroccan Drug Dealer, Arrested in Casablanca
Casablanca- The Casablanca police have arrested a 15-year-old drug dealer in the city’s notorious Sbata neighborhood on Saturday. The suspect is by far the youngest drug dealer to be apprehended in...
View ArticleTwo Moroccans Murdered in Spain
Fez - Two Moroccans were found dead inside their apartment Monday in Villarejo de Salvanes, a small town 50 km south-east of Madrid, said the Spanish authorities, according to the Spanish TV channel...
View ArticleFIFA 2014 Football World Cup: The Hour Is Ticking
By Marisa Fernandez - Buenos Aires, Argentina Football (soccer) is deeply imbedded in Brazilian culture, to the point that every citizen is preparing for the biggest sporting event to ever be hosted in...
View ArticleMoroccan Teacher Commits Suicide
Safi - The Hassan II Qualifying School in Safi opened yesterday afternoon's classes with the tragic news of the suicide of one of its high school teachers. Mr. Mostapha Frayj, a Physics teacher, known...
View ArticleMarrakech Hosts Morocco Oil and Gas Summit
Marrakech - The Morocco Oil and Gas Summit is taking place on May 7th and 8th at the Hotel Pullman Marrakech Palmeraie Resort and Spa. The Ministry of Energy and Mines and the National Office of...
View ArticleMorocco to Participate in the 2014 World Cup Short Film
Casablanca- Moroccan cinema is going international. The kingdom is taking part in the 2014 World Cup Short Film. Morocco will be represented by Faouzi Bensaidi, who directed famous movies such as...
View ArticleMorocco: MCCE to Organize National Meeting on Public Policy
Casablanca- In collaboration with the regional board of the Moroccan Journalists Union in Benslimane, the Moroccan Center for Civic Education (MCCE), supported by the United Nation Democracy Fund...
View ArticleMorocco Hosts First Open Government Data Forum in Rabat
Rabat - During a forum organized by the Moroccan Association of Electronic Governance for Development (AMGED) in cooperation with the National School of Computer Science and System Analysis (ENSIAS)...
View ArticleYoung Moroccan Entrepreneur to Make World’s First Projection Tablet
Taroudant, Morocco- Moroccan Youssef Taleb is working along with his team at “Provok Developments” in the development of the world's first "projection" tablet, equipped with a micro projector and a...
View ArticleMarrakech: Masked Individuals Throw Black Powder Into a University Student’s...
Casablanca- The ongoing violence within the Moroccan universities marks a new chapter. The university violence saga continues and this time it is the University of Marrakech under the spotlights....
View ArticleFascinating, Gymnast-Like Spiders Discovered in Moroccan Desert
Casablanca- A fascinating new species of spider, the Cebrennus rechenbergi, which move by performing flic-flac jumps (2m/sec), was recently discovered in the Moroccan desert. Recently discovered in...
View ArticleMarrakech: OISA launches its 5th edition on Space Weather and Solar physics
By Dalal El Youssoufi Marrakech - The University of Cadi Ayyad in Marrakech will host the fifth edition of the Oukaimeden International School of Astrophysics program from May 5-10. OISA is a thematic...
View ArticleThe Moroccan National Debate Team: Leaders with Bright Future
Fez - When I moved to Morocco from America in February of this year, I knew that I was moving into the future. I had lived for some time in Qatar, and had grown up in Los Angeles-- both of these places...
View ArticleSpace technology pours clean drinking water into Kenitra, Morocco
Fez - Students at the University of Kenitra are putting waste water back to use with the help of a cutting edge water treatment facility. The water cleaning equipment uses technology first designed by...
View ArticleFormer Moroccan Diplomat and wife plead guilty to human trafficking
Rabat - Abdelkader and Hnia Amal, a Moroccan couple from Alexandria, Virginia, who are charged with human trafficking, plead guilt on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). "The...
View ArticleMorocco Investing in Oil and Gas Exploration
Marrakech- At the Morocco Oil and Gas Summit press conference held in Marrakech an event hosted by the Moroccan office for Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) and the international Research Netweork (IRN)—...
View ArticleOfficials Optimistic about Future of Oil and Gas in Morocco
Rabat - Fastnet Oil & Gas revealed earlier this week on their website that the Foum Assaka FA-1 well in the Agadir basin “encountered oil and gas shows and demonstrated a working system; however,...
View ArticleThree Moroccan Banks among 2,000 largest companies in the world
Taroudant, Morocco- American business magazine Forbes published on Wednesday a new ranking in which it included three Moroccan banks among the most powerful companies in the world. Dominated by Chinese...
View ArticleTwenty-One Moroccans Listed by Interpol As Wanted Fugitives
Casablanca - Interpol’s list of wanted fugitives includes twenty-one Moroccan nationals, three of whom are wanted for alleged involvement in terrorist activities. The International Criminal Police...
View ArticleMoroccan 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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