Morocco is the Arab World’s Fourth Poorest Country: Report
Rabat - Morocco has been ranked among the world’s poorest countries in Global Finance Magazine’s index of the World’s Richest Countries. Based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
View ArticleMoroccan Immigrants Save an Old Couple in Italy
Rabat - Two Moroccan immigrants reportedly rescued an old Italian couple from a house fire on Friday, in Lendinara, a small town in the province of Rovigo, northern Italy. Multiple Italian media...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Immigrants Seek Shelter in a Spanish Church in Tangier
Rabat - A few weeks after the Moroccan authorities conducted an eviction operation against sub-Saharan immigrants who illegally occupied apartments belonging to others in Tangier, hundreds of them...
View ArticleMoroccan National Sues Disney World over Discrimination
Rabat - A Moroccan former employee at Disney World has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the company for racial and religious discrimination. Nabil Boromi, who worked in the Florida theme park as a...
View ArticleMoroccan national killed in road accident in Spain
Madrid - A Moroccan female immigrant was killed in a road accident on Saturday in Burgos (north of Spain), sources from the Spanish relief services and civil guard said on Monday. The accident took...
View ArticleFM Reiterates Morocco’s ‘Unconditional Solidarity’ with Tunisia Against...
Tunis - Foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar reaffirmed, on Sunday in Tunis, Morocco's full and unconditional solidarity with Tunisia against terrorist threats. In a statement to the press after his...
View ArticleSpain: Son of Polisario Officer Denounces ‘Mysterious’ Disappearance of His...
Madrid - The son of a polisario high-ranking officer Ahmed Khalil, who was tasked with monitoring human rights and security in the camps of Tindouf, denounced the mysterious disappearance of his...
View ArticleWorld’s Greatest Freestyler Takes on Moroccan Hachim Mastour
Rabat - Few young footballers can compete against the king of freestyle football, Sean Garnier. But in a live street freestyle challenge, Morocco’s 17-year old Hachim Mastour did. AC Milan’s wonderkid...
View ArticleHammouchi Says No to Nepotism in Police Hiring
Rabat - Abdellatif Hammouchi, Head of Morocco’s Directorate of National Security (DGSN), has given strict instructions to end nepotism in recruitment for the national security body. Following his...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Draws Clear Vision for Morocco’s Future: Amrani
Washington - The clear vision that King Mohammed VI has laid out for the future of the Nation is the "driving force" behind the impressive reform process which put Morocco on the path of consolidating...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantles New Terrorist Cell
Rabat - As part of its pro-active efforts to counter terrorist threats, the Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations (BCIJ), under the general directorate of national territory, dismantled, on...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Cancels Another Flight, Asks Passengers to Pay for Their Hotel
Rabat - The nightmare continues for clients of the Royal Air Maroc. After a New York-Casablanca flight was cancelled last Thursday causing people to wait for 36 hours, another flight has been...
View ArticleRAM, Africa’s Most Famous Company Amongst Journalists: Survey
Rabat - A new survey has revealed that Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc is the African company with the highest brand recognition amongst business journalists. In a press conference in Paris on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleUber Outrages Moroccans for Listing Western Sahara as a Country
Rabat - After starting a test phase in Casablanca ahead of the official launch across Morocco, the US-based transport application Uber outraged Moroccan social media users by using the term “Western...
View ArticleMelilia: Police Arrest a Man Accused of Recruiting Women for ISIS
Rabat - Spanish and Moroccan police arrested a man in Melilia on Tuesday night who was suspected of being involved in the recruitment of Spanish and Moroccan women for the Islamic State group. The man...
View ArticlePeacebuilding Summit Kicks Off in Kenitra
By Esther Bedik Kenitra - The Global Summit on Peacebuilding and Social Development kicked off tonight at Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra. The twelve-day program brings Moroccan youth together with...
View ArticleMorocco: Parliament Approves Implementation of Medical Coverage for Students
Rabat - A new draft law has been officially ratified by the Moroccan parliament on Wednesday to extend medical coverage to include all students in Moroccan universities and vocational training...
View ArticleUN Global Counterterrorism Strategy presented in El Jadida
El Jadida - The UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy, unanimously adopted by all member states in 2006 and reaffirmed in June 2014, is a comprehensive approach to fight terrorism, wrote a note to the...
View ArticleOver 1.48 million Moroccans Living Abroad Return Home as of July 20
Rabat - More than 1.48 million Moroccans living abroad have returned to Morocco since the launch of the Marhaba 2015 operation, on June 5, as of July 20, Minister in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI to Visit Russia at the End of 2015
Rabat - After receiving an invitation from President Vladimir Putin, King Mohammed VI is due to make an official visit to Russia by the end of 2015, according to a report by Sputnik on Friday. "The...
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