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One killed, Four Injured in Construction Accident in Agadir
By Safae Kajouane Rabat - On Saturday, one person was killed and four were injured due to a partial collapse of a building in Agadir that was under construction. ELOILLAF Construction, a company...
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Moroccan Christian Convert Sparks Anger on YouTube
By Myriam Ait Malk Rabat - The controversy created by the “Moroccan and Christian” Youtube channel continues to grow, as an uploaded third video created even more divided reactions. The first video on...
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Interview with Ghada Ahmed: The Perks & Pitfalls of Wheat Production in...
By Myriam Ait Malk Rabat - It is undeniable that wheat has been a necessary ingredient in Moroccans’ diet for centuries. An essential ingredient for bread, wheat is present in almost every daily meal...
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Tottenthan and F.C. Barcelona Eye Moroccan Star Soufiane Boufal
Rabat - London’s Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is competing with Football Club Barcelona for recruiting Moroccan football star Sofiane Boufal. Twenty-two-year-old Boufal, born in Paris, is an...
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65 million People Displaced by War and Persecution in 2015: UN
Geneva - The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution last year exceeded 60 million for the first time in United Nations history, a tally greater than the population...
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Ben Jelloun Asks Meryl Streep to Help Moroccan ‘Little Maids’
By Bryn Miler Rabat - Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun published an open letter to American actress Meryl Streep on Monday calling for her to recognize the plight of female child laborers in...
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Morocco’s Inflation Forecast Revised Upwards for 2016
Rabat - The Board meeting of Morocco's central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, revised upwards its inflation forecast for 2016 to 1.6%, mainly as a result of a significant increase in volatile food prices. "In...
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Morocco to Clear Out Discriminatory Content From School Textbooks
By Myriam Ait Malk Rabat - School textbooks published and edited in Morocco will officially be modified in order to suppress any sexist or other discriminatory content that may have been present in...
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Moroccan Athlete to Run Hardest Marathon on Earth in California
By Tatiana Flowers Rabat - Mohamad Ahansal from JbelBani, Morocco, has been invited by the United States to run “Badwater,” one of the world’s toughest foot races in America. The nonstop race...
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Fez Allocates MAD 60 Million to Found Institute of Fine Arts
By Bryn Miller Rabat - The city council of Fez recently decided to allocate 60 million dirhams to create an Institute of Fine Arts in Fez. The project will be funded by the Ministry of Culture,...
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Morocco Expresses Full Support for Bahrain’s Measures to Preserve National Unity
Rabat - The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its full support for the legal, administrative and security measures, recently adopted by the brotherly Kingdom of Bahrain to preserve its national unity,...
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Morocco to Get New IMF’s Precautionary and Liquidity Line
Rabat - Morocco will get a new precautionary and liquidity line (PLL) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Governor of Morocco's central bank, bank Al Maghrib, Abdelatif Jouahri, announced...
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More Holiday-Makers Choosing Morocco
By Russell Higham London - Morocco’s tourism industry looks set to benefit as European travellers shun traditional holiday destinations such as Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey in the wake of global...
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Morocco’s Investment Opportunities in Energy Sector Showcased in Lisbon
Lisbon - Morocco's investment opportunities in the energy sector were presented before representatives of over 220 Portuguese companies, at a seminar organized on Thursday in Lisbon. The meeting was...
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Two Moroccan Girls Represent Morocco in Le Plumier d’Or
By Aya Soulimani Marrakech - Out of the 15,000 candidates that applied to Le Plumier d’Or, only 60 received awards. Two of these students, Yasmine Laarabi from collège Anatole France and Reda El Fahdi...
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Morocco Strongly Condemns Nice Terrorist Attack
Rabat – Morocco has strongly condemned the “despicable” terrorist attack that targeted Thursday night the French city of Nice at the Bastille Day celebration. Morocco expresses its sincere...
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Armed Robbers Attack Beachgoers near Mohammedia
Rabat - A group of men carrying knives injured three people on a beach near Mohammedia on Thursday afternoon. Telquel reported that twenty men from the Ennahda region of Mohammedia attacked and...
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Erdogan Vows to Punish Perpetrators of the Failed Coup in Turkey
Fez - In his first statement after the failed coup, Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that those involved in the coup will receive the appropriate response whatever institution they belong...
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Ifrane Festival Features National and International Stars
Ifaran - The International Festival of Ifrane kicked off its first annual three-day event yesterday, a celebration that welcomes people of all ages. More than one thousand people showed up to the show...
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Royal Air Maroc Resumes Flights to and from Istanbul Starting Sunday
Rabat - Morocco's carrier Royal Air Maroc will resume flights to and from Istanbul as of Sunday July 17, RAM said on Saturday. It added that only two flights, scheduled Saturday (one from Casablanca...
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