Adel Taarabt Blames Moroccan Media for Ruining His Sports Career
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – Moroccan international midfielder, Adel Taarabt, criticized Moroccan media on July 8, claiming it had negatively influenced his sporting career. During an interview with...
View ArticleAlmost Half of Deaths by Poison in Morocco Caused by Pesticides
Rabat – 48.6 percent of reported poisoning deaths in Morocco in 2016 were caused by pesticides, according to the latest general report from the Ministry of Health’s Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance...
View ArticleGdeim Izik Trial: Sentence Scheduled for Late July
Rabat – The Criminal Chamber of Salé Court of Appeal will issue its verdict in the Gdeim Izik trial case, in which 23 people are accused of having killed 11 Moroccan police in 2010, in late July....
View Article83-Year Sentence for 16 Sahrawis Who Murdered Amazigh Activist in Marrakech
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – Sixteen pro-Polisario students were convicted for the death of Amazigh activist Omar “Izem” Khaleq and sentenced to 83 years in prison on Thursday night. After a...
View ArticleChabat and Supporters Defy Police Order to Evacuate Contested Labor Union’s HQ
Rabat – Istiqlal Party (PI) leader Hamid Chabat and a group of his supporters have defied a police order to evacuate the headquarters of the labor union affiliated with the party. Hamid Chabat and his...
View ArticlePublic Prosecutor Orders Investigation into Leaked Prison Video of Zafzafi
Rabat – Morocco’s Public Prosecutor in Casablanca Hassan Matar has ordered on Monday an investigation into the leaking of a video of Nasser Zafzafi, the leading Hirak (protest movement in Rif region),...
View ArticleRabat Police: Protesters Faked Injuries in Parliament Protest
Rabat – Following a police intervention against a feminist protest on Saturday evening in Rabat, the Rabat-Salé Police Department issued a communiqué on Sunday stating that protesters had exaggerated...
View ArticleMorocco’s Alcohol Imports on the Rise
Rabat – Morocco’s imports of alcoholic beverages have increased during the first five months of 2017 to 5,151 tons compared to 4,246 in 2016, according to a report by the Foreign Exchange Office. In...
View ArticleMustapha Ramid Denounces Zefzafi Video as ‘Inexcusable Humiliation’
Rabat – Minister of Justice and Liberties Mustapha Ramid has criticized to the video of Rif Protests leader Nasser Zefzafi exposing his body to deny torture allegations, published on Monday by the news...
View ArticleMorocco Among Top 5 African Agricultural ‘Champions’: Havas Horizons
Rabat – Morocco is one of Africa’s top five agricultural nations, according to a study published by Havas Horizons on Tuesday. The report, conducted in partnership with l’Institut Choiseul, surveyed 55...
View ArticleMorocco Ready to Liberalize the Dirham: International Monetary Fund
Rabat – While Morocco has postponed the launching of its exchange rate regime reform, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the kingdom is ready to make the critical step. “Morocco is ready to...
View ArticleMorocco and Pakistan Launch UN Troop-Contributing Countries Group
Rabat – Under the leadership of Morocco and Pakistan, troop and police contributing states to the UN peacekeeping operations have launched an informal group to “discuss strategic issues affecting their...
View Article11 Students to Represent Morocco at International Mathematical Olympiad in...
Rabat – The Ministry of National Education announced on Monday that 11 Moroccan students will represent the kingdom at the 58th Annual International Mathematical Olymiad (IMO), held in Rio De Janeiro,...
View ArticleRabat’s Grand Theater to Open Early 2019
Rabat – If everything goes as planned, construction on Rabat’s Grand Theater will be finished by early 2019, announced Said Zarrou, the Director General of the Agency for the Development of the...
View ArticleMoroccan Professor to Chair Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Human...
Rabat – Moroccan Professor Raja Naji Al-Makkawi has been elected by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the chairperson of its Standing Committee of Human Rights. During the OIC’s 44th...
View ArticlePro-PJD Human Rights Group Denounces Leaked Zafzafi Video, Urges Govt. to...
Rabat – Montada Al Karama, a human rights group with links to the parliament-leading Justice and Development Party (PJD), has condemned the leaked video of detained Rifian activist Nasser Zafzafi. In a...
View ArticleMoroccan Headmaster Fired for Listing Phone Card as Required School Supply
Rabat – The headmaster of Sabra Secondary School in the northern province of Nador was dismissed after he included a mobile top-up card with the value of MAD 10 within the list of necessary school...
View ArticleThe Inside Story of Morocco and Spain’s Battle For an Uninhabited Island, 15...
Rabat – Spanish insider accounts of the Leila Island military conflict between Morocco and Spain have emerged, shedding light on the bloodless crisis, 15 years after it happened. Five Spanish officials...
View ArticleAlgerian Singer Reda Taliani Leaves Coma Caused by Traffic Accident
Rabat- Algerian Raï singer Reda Taliani is in “critical condition” but is no longer in a coma following a traffic accident in Paris around midday on July 11, his manager has revealed. Soufiane Gaga,...
View ArticleForeign Currency Reserves Fell by 14.6% Compared to 2016: Bank Al Maghrib
Rabat – Net international reserves amounted to MAD 205.9 billion as of June 30, 2017, down 14.6 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to Bank Al Maghrib (BAM). From one week to the...
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