Salwa Akhannouch Tops List of Most Powerful Moroccan Women
Rabat - Salwa Akhannouch has topped the list of the most powerful Moroccan women. Akhannouch is listed among the world's 100 most influential Arab women in the fifth edition of a ranking published by...
View ArticleRabat and Casablanca to Host the International Education Fair Slated on March...
Rabat - Learning Group Academy, in collaboration with Casablanca International Consulting Center, will organize a free, international education fair. The fair will be held on the 13th and 14th of...
View ArticleMorocco Welcomes the International Awareness against Torture
Geneva - Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Mbarka Bouaida welcomed, on Tuesday in Geneva, the growing international awareness against torture. Speaking at a high level panel held on the sidelines...
View ArticleMorocco’s International Agriculture Fair to Be Held on April 28th-May 3rd
Casablanca - Morocco’s 10th International Agriculture Fair (SIAM 2015) will be held in Meknes from April 28th to May 3rd, with the participation of more than a thousand exhibitors from around 55...
View ArticleCanadian National Assembly Speaker Praises Morocco’s Stability, Counter...
Rabat - Speaker of the Canadian National Assembly Jacques Chagnon praised, on Tuesday in Rabat, Morocco for its stability and the efforts it has launched to counter terrorism and stem extremism in...
View ArticleMoroccan Researcher Wins L’Oreal/UNESCO For Women In Science Award
Paris- Morocan Researcher Molly Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli has won L'Oreal/UNESCO for women in science Award, recognizing the top women in science around the world. Professor of the Mohammed V -...
View ArticleMorocco Accuses Polisario of Embezzlement of Humanitarian Aid in Tindouf Camps
Geneva - Morocco accused, on Tuesday before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), of embezzlement of humanitarian aid and condemned the“human rights abuse” of populations in the camps of...
View ArticleMorocco Reiterates Commitment To Cooperation With UN High Commission For...
Geneva - Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mbarka Bouaida reiterated, on Tuesday in Geneva, Morocco’s commitment to maintain "full cooperation" with the UN High Commission on Human...
View ArticleMorocco’s New Migration Policy ‘Already Bearing Fruit': IOM Chief
Geneva - Morocco's new migration policy "is already bearing fruit," Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), William Lacy Swing, said in Geneva Wednesday. "I was glad to...
View ArticleMorocco’s Customs Revenue Up 1.9% in 2014
Rabat - The customs revenue rose by 1.9% in 2014 to 85.6 billion dirhams against 84.04 billion dirhams year on year, despite the stagnations of imports, said director general of customs and indirect...
View ArticleOld Fatwa Dictates “Religious Duty” to Destroy Pyramids and Sphinx
Rabat - A fatwa issued in 2012 from a Qatari-owned online portal, Islam Web, saying that it is a “religious duty” to destroy ancient monuments to the pharaohs has created a buzz on social media this...
View ArticleNew Children’s Library Opens in the Heart of Fez
Fez - Many reports indicate a poor reading average in the Arab world. Morocco is no exception; thirty-three percent are illiterate. Adding injury to insult is the lack of public libraries (only 313...
View ArticleAksal Group to Build New Morocco Mall in Rabat
Rabat - A new 6 hectares shopping mall featuring a big screen, a luxury hotel is set to be built in the capital Rabat. Aksal group, a group that holds exclusive rights in Morocco to distribute various...
View ArticleMorocco’s CNDH Calls For National Debate On Death Penalty
Geneva - The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) called, on Wednesday in Geneva, for a large national debate on the abolition of death sentence. "CNDH is aware that the abolition of the death...
View ArticleNew Round Of Libyan Political Dialog to Be Convened in Morocco This Week
New York - The UN support mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced that Morocco will host this week a new round of Libyan political dialog, after all parties that have been invited have agreed to...
View ArticleDjmaa El Fna among most beautiful Squares in the world
Rabat - Djemaa El-Fna square in Marrakech is ranked amongst the most beautiful squares in the world in a rating made by world's largest travel-guide publisher Lonely Planet. Marrakech's Djemaa El-Fna...
View ArticleMarrakech’s Djmaa El Fna Among the World’s Most Beautiful Squares
Rabat - Djemaa El-Fna square in Marrakech is ranked amongst the most beautiful squares in the world in a rating made by world's largest travel-guide publisher Lonely Planet. Marrakech's Djemaa El-Fna...
View ArticleMoroccan Shiite Group Denies Receiving Authorization to Open Office in Tangier
Rabat - In response to the communiqué issued on Wednesday by the city of Tangier in which it denied widely circulated rumors suggesting that it authorized a Shiite group called Al-Khat al-Rissali to...
View ArticleNew Round of Inter-Libyan Political Talks Begins in Morocco
Rabat - Stakeholders in the Libyan crisis started, Thursday afternoon in Skhirat (suburbs of Rabat), a new round of talks under the supervision of the UN support mission in Libya (UNSMIL). UNSMIL...
View ArticleHolding Inter-Libyan Political Talks in Morocco Reflects Trust in Kingdom: FM
Rabat- Holding the fourth round of inter-Libyan political talks in Morocco reflects the trust and credibility by all Libyan stakeholders in the Kingdom, Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said...
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