The Moroccan Intelligence Agency is the Most Powerful Agency in the MENA...
Rabat - The United Nations Human Rights Council has reportedly commended the efficiency of Moroccan Intelligence in combating terrorism during its latest session in Geneva, Switzerland. According to...
View ArticleEid el Fitr in Morocco will Be Celebrated Saturday: Benkirane
Rabat - Morocco’s Prime Minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, said Thursday at the weekly government meeting that the last day of Ramadan in Morocco is Friday and the first day of Eid El Fitr is Saturday....
View ArticleEU Nationals Allowed to Enter Morocco with Their ID cards
Rabat - European Union citizens not subject to a visa requirement will no longer need a passport to enter Morocco, as the Moroccan government will allow them to enter the country with only their valid...
View ArticleTrain Users Debunk Morocco’s ONCF 75% Customer Satisfaction Rate
By Nahla Bendefaa Rabat - The ONCF, Morocco’s national railway, announced in a report earlier this month that their customer satisfaction is up to 75percent. As a regular customer of the ONCF, I...
View ArticleFrance: Police Officer Seriously Injures 14-Year Old Moroccan Boy
Rabat - A Moroccan schoolboy has been seriously injured after receiving a direct hit from a policeman’s ‘flash-ball’ during a riot in Argenteuil, near Paris on Monday night. Local media reported that...
View ArticleMorocco Rejects Algerian Accusations on Sectarian Clashes in Ghardaia
Rabat - Morocco’s Minister of Communications Mustapha El-Khalfi has said that the statement made by the Algerian Prime Minister implicating Morocco in the bloody events of Ghardaia this month is...
View Article“Drones cause more damage than good”: General Flynn
By Kevin Kriedemann London - President Obama’s former top military intelligence official has launched a scathing attack on the White House’s counter-terrorism strategy, including the administration’s...
View ArticleMorocco Bans Moroccan Youth From Traveling to Tunisia
Rabat - After the terrorist attacks that hit Tunisia three weeks ago, the Moroccan government has imposed a travel ban to Tunisia for youth, citing safety reasons. Moroccan youth who have booked...
View ArticleJapan’s Furukawa To Open Fiber Optic Cable Factory in Tangier
Rabat - Japanese group Furukawa Electric, the world’s third largest fiberoptic manufacturer, is moving forward with plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Tangier, Morocco. A report by the...
View ArticleUber Arrives in Morocco After Launching a Test Service in Casablanca
Rabat - The famous taxi-finding service, Uber, has finally been launched in Morocco after it began a test phase in Casablanca, the country’s largest city. After Dubai, Amman and Cairo, Casablanca has...
View ArticleLast of the Line Bugatto Veyron “La Finale” Spotted in Tangier
Rabat - The one-off example of the impressive Bugatti Veyron, appropriately named ‘La Finale’, was allegedly spotted this week in Tangier, Northern Morocco. Dubbed as Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse ‘La...
View ArticleMorocco’s Trade Deficit Drops as Oil Price Falls
Rabat - Morocco’s trade deficit has decreased from $7.8 billion in the first half of 2015 compared to $10.2 billion in 2014. A report by the Moroccan Exchange Office revealed on Wednesday that this...
View ArticleNew York’s Empire State Building Lit Up in Green to Celebrate Eid al Fitr
Rabat - New York City’s emblematic Empire State Building lit up in Green on Friday to share with Muslims around the world their celebration of Eid al Fitr, the three-day holiday that marks the end of...
View ArticleMorocco’s Ayoub Abou to Join FC Porto from FC Barcelona
Rabat - Porto has agreed to sign a deal for Moroccan midfielder Ayoub Abou from FC Barcelona. A report published last month by Spanish sports newspaper El Mundo Deportivo suggested that Porto was...
View ArticleMoroccan Teen Invents App That Protects Smart Phones in case of Theft
Rabat - A Moroccan school boy has designed a new app that protects cell phones in case of theft and allows users to find their phone when it goes missing. Hamza Amama, a 17 year old teen, created an...
View ArticleDiverse Reaction in Morocco to the New Amazigh Highway Signs
By Aicha Sadik Rabat - Discussion on Facebook was heated this week, when photos of the new road signs were shown, replacing French with Tifinagh. “Not a good idea!" some people said, while others...
View ArticleVideo: Moroccans Venting Their Anger at Royal Air Maroc in JFK Airport
Rabat - Dozens of Moroccans were stranded in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in the U, on the eve of Eid Al Fitr after the Royal Air Maroc refused to get them on board on the ground...
View ArticleMorocco 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...
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