Rabat’s Zoo Awarded Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence
Rabat - The National Zoological Garden (JZN) obtained Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for the second consecutive year. Tripadvisor's Certificate of Excellence has been awarded for the second...
View ArticleBelgium Approves Counterterrorism Cooperation Agreement With Morocco
Brussels- The Belgian government approved, on Friday, a draft bill related to a cooperation agreement between Morocco and Belgium concerning the fight against terrorism and organized crime. Under the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Central Bank Governor Presents Annual Economic Report to King...
Casablanca - King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, received, on Friday at the Casablanca Royal Palace, Governor of Bank Al Maghrib (central bank) Abdellatif Jouahri who...
View ArticlePolice Arrests Russian Follower of Takfiri Ideology Northern Morocco
Rabat - Moroccan police in the northern city of Nador arrested, on June 29, a Russian follower of takfiri ideology, the Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations (BCIJ), under the General...
View ArticleOver 2,000 Jews Live in Morocco: Report
Rabat - A new report by the Jerusalem-based think tank Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) who keeps count of the worldwide Jewish population revealed that as of 20152,400 Jews live in Morocco. The...
View ArticleReport Urges Morocco to Replace French with English in Schools
Rabat - A new report by Morocco’s think tank: Rabat Center for Political and Strategic Studies, has urged Morocco to adopt English rather than French in schools across the country. After the...
View ArticleMorocco Among World’s Largest Olive Oil Producers and Exporters
Rabat - Morocco has become one of the world’s major producers and exporters of olive oil, with an annual net production that exceeds 140, 000 tons. Exporting over 45,000 tons of olive oil per year,...
View ArticleMoroccans Represent Majority of Recipients of EU Citizenships: Report
Rabat - Naturalization data indicates that citizens of Morocco make up the largest group of recipients of citizenship from European Union member states. Eurostat’s latest release revealed that in 2013...
View ArticlePress Union Condemns Mansour’s Obscene Language against Some Moroccan...
Rabat - Morocco's press union SNPM has condemned the views of Ahmed Mansour, a journalist with the Qatar-based network Al Jazeera, on the Moroccan media and its journalists. Mansour, 52, an Egyptian...
View ArticleThe “Farraga”: The Traditional Moroccan Pediatrician
By Fatima-Ezzahra Metkal Casablanca - In Morocco, traditional folk medicine is alive, well and coexistent with more modern medicine. Folk medicine is especially prevalent with respect to the health of...
View ArticleWealthy Moroccan Women Victims of a Turkish Gang in Marrakech
Rabat - Members of a Turkish gang have allegedly sold fake jewelry to several wealthy Moroccan women in Marrakech. Several costumers who fell in the trap have reportedly filled a lawsuit against the...
View ArticleSit-ins in Several Moroccan Cities to Defend Individual Freedoms
Rabat - Several sit-ins are to be held on Monday across Morocco to denounce the "violation" of individual freedoms following a recent wave of controversies sparked by a series of events (two girls...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Morocco’s Iman Oubou at Miss United States Beauty Pageant
New York - Moroccan American, Iman Oubou ranked second runner up in the Miss United States beauty pageant, which was held on Sunday in Washington D.C. Iman, who was born and raised in Morocco until...
View ArticleMeknes University’s Vice Dean Suspended For Threatening Teachers with a Knife
Rabat - The Vice Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Moulay Ismail University in Meknes was reportedly suspended after allegedly threatening a group of teachers with a knife on Thursday, July...
View ArticleAhmed Mansour Apologizes to Moroccan Journalists Over Offensive Remarks
Rabat - Amid a storm of controversy over his offensive remarks directed at Moroccan journalists, Ahmed Mansour, a journalist for the Qatar-based network Al Jazeera, has apologized to Moroccan media...
View ArticleCroatia: Three Moroccans Burned in a Prison, One Survivor Tells Their Story
Rabat - Three Moroccan illegal immigrants allegedly gave their lives away for their fellow prisoners when a prison in Croatia caught on fire last March, so the survivor could live to tell their story....
View ArticleAhmed Mansour’s Offensive Remarks Are an Insult to Morocco: Mezouar
Rabat - Morocco’s Salaheddine Mezouar, Secretary General of the National Gathering of Independents Party has allegedly slammed Ahmed Mansour over his offensive remarks directed at Moroccan...
View Article64-Year-Old Moroccan Man Obtains Baccalaureate, Aspires to Ph.D.
Rabat - A 64-year-old Moroccan man has reportedly obtained his baccalaureate diploma after passing this year’s national baccalaureate exam. Ahmed Sedki, a 64-year-old retiree, is probably the oldest...
View ArticleHACA Refuses Benkirane’s Request to Take Action against 2M TV’s Jennifer...
Rabat - Morocco’s High Authority for Audio-visual Communication, known by its French acronym HACA, has refused the request of head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane, to take legal provisions against...
View ArticleMorocco: Unemployed Lured to Pay Bribes To Get Government Jobs
Rabat - An official from Ministry of Health and a middleman have allegedly been charged for their involvement in a pay-to-play scheme, where promised dozens of unemployed people were offered jobs in...
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