Facebook User Denies Allegations Over Photo of Al Hoceima Protestor Assaulted...
Rabat – Facebook user, Moul Foukiya, has denied allegations that a photo posted on social media is of Al Hoceima protestor being assaulted by police officers. Foukiya took to his Facebook page to speak...
View ArticleMacron: ‘I Will take a photo with you Mr. Maradji’
Rabat – Mohamed Maradji, Morocco’s official royal photographer, has posted two photos on Facebook with French president, Emmanuel Macron, who paid a two-day work and friendship visit to Morocco along...
View ArticleGulf Crisis: Qataris Tease Saudi Arabia with Pictures of Moroccan Milk
Rabat- Pictures of cardboard containers of milk produced by Moroccan companies have gone viral on social media in the Gulf countries. Qatari social media users have shared pictures of the “Moroccan”...
View ArticleCasablanca Stock Exchange: Third Bullish Week in June
Rabat – Morocco’s stock exchange closed last week’s trade on a good note. For the third week of June, the Moroccan All Share Index registered a 0.50 percent gain, closing trade at 11,750 points. As of...
View ArticleMohammed V Airport: Authorities Investigate Smuggling Facilitated by Police...
Rabat – The State Department of the Judicial Police in Casablanca has begun investigations into a smuggling operation facilitated by police officers at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. The State...
View ArticleVideo: Huge Scrap Heap Fire in Casablanca
Rabat – In the early hours of Monday morning, a big fire took place at a scrap heap in the Aïn Borja district of Casablanca’s Hay Mohammadi. Eyewitnesses said the first firemen arrived 30 minutes after...
View ArticleMorocco ‘Independent’ in Gulf Crisis, ‘Will Not Give Up’ on Allies: MP
Rabat – Moroccan member of the House of Representatives Abdelatif Ouahbi has said that Morocco is not taking sides in the current crisis between the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Countries...
View ArticleMarrakech: Money Transfer Agency Director Accused of Trying to Embezzling Funds
Rabat – The director of a money-transferring agency in Marrakech has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax with the aim of obtaining MAD 130,000. In a statement released by the police prefecture...
View ArticleBritish Film Week Arrives in Rabat
By Chaimaa Zahaar Rabat – The British Film Week film will organize in its 2017 edition the projection of classics movies of the 1940s. After the kicking off last week in Casablanca, the event starts...
View ArticleFez Airport to See More than One Million Passengers in 2017
Rabat – Thanks to a new terminal, inaugurated by King Mohammed VI on May 29 of this year, the Fez airport is on target to surpass more than one million passengers for the year 2017. Fez airport is only...
View Article‘Air Arabia’ Launches New Air Route Linking Fez to Marrakech
Rabat – Moroccan low-cost airline, Air Arabia Maroc, inaugurated eight new routes on June 14, including a new flight between Fez and Marrakech, the first of its kind in Moroccan history. The flight...
View ArticleMedTrucks: A Franco-Moroccan Invention for Medical Care
By Chaimaa Zahaar Rabat – The award-winning MedTrucks strives to fight medical deserts by supplying rural areas with medical equipment. Founded in 2016 by three men of Moroccan origin in Montpellier,...
View ArticleLaftit Files Complaint Against Journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui Over Video...
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – Minister of Interior Abdelouafi Laftit has filed a complaint against Hamid El Mahdaoui, the director of Moroccan news platform, Badil, for defamatory comments used in a video...
View ArticleMorocco and Tunisia Sign 9 Agreements, Seek to Revive Maghreb Arab Union
Rabat – During the 19th session of the High Joint Commission of Morocco and Tunisia held in Rabat June 18 and 19, representatives of Morocco and Tunisia signed nine cooperation agreements in different...
View ArticleMoroccan Men and Women Prohibited from Entering Ceuta on the Same Day
Rabat – Moroccan and Spanish authorities have made a pact to prevent men and women from passing through Ceuta’s El Tajaral II crossing on the same day, citing security concerns. Women will be allowed...
View ArticleMorocco to Switch Back to Daylight Saving Time on July 2
Rabat – The Ministry of Civil Service and Modernization of Administration revealed on Sunday that Moroccans should set forward their clocks one hour (GMT+1) at 02:00 a.m. on July 2. This decision is an...
View ArticleBangladesh Seeks Investment From Morocco
Rabat – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met the newly-appointed Moroccan ambassador to Bangladesh, Majid Halim, in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Monday, June 19 to discuss potential...
View ArticleCapital Investment: Morocco Ranks 5th in MENA Region
Rabat – Morocco accounted for 3 percent of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) private equity investment activity by value in 2016, coming in 5th in the MENA region. The 2016 annual study of the MENA...
View Article39 Percent of Baccalaureate Students to Retake Exams
Rabat – The Ministry of National Education revealed on Monday that 38.91 percent of students failed the 2017 Baccalaureate exams and will have to retake them. The ministry added that retakes for the...
View ArticleTangier: Authorities Foil Smuggling Attempt of 2 Tons of Drugs at Cave of...
By Chaymaa Benallouch Rabat – Moroccan authorities foiled a drug smuggling operation Tuesday morning in Tangier. The Royal Armed Forces aborted the drug trafficking attempt at a beach near the Hercules...
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