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Exclusive: Sweden’s FM Says Recognition of So-Called SADR Is not on the Table
New York - Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, said in an exclusive statement sent to Morocco World News on Thursday, that while Sweden is in the process of reviewing its entire policy with...
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A Modern Story of Moroccan Tourism
Tangier - For years, fantasies of Morocco just drew me in. I could sit and read for hours about the country of camels trekking across vast deserts, markets flooded with exotic foods and spices, and...
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90-Year-Old Woman Raped in a Town Near Rabat
By Jamal Bellahsen Rabat - Last week, unidentified adolescents raped a 90-year-old woman in her cottage in a small town near Bouznika, a city near Rabat. The victim, known as Hennouna, has lived alone...
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El Khalfi Sends Letter To HRW, Denounces Its Staff’s Agenda
Taroudant - Mustapha El Khalfi, Morocco’s Minister of Communication and government spokesperson, sent a letter on September 21 to Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, in which...
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Police man Goes out Naked, Attacks Car of Diplomat’s Son
Rabat - Members of Gendarmerie in El Harhoura, about 15 kilometers away from Rabat, arrested on Friday morning a police man who went out naked and attacked the car of a son of an Arab diplomat....
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Sweden’s Truecaller Wants to Boost Presence in the Moroccan Market
Rabat - Despite Morocco’s calls to boycott all Swedish companies and products amid a political rift with Stockholm, the Swedish-based Truecaller says it is looking for a local partnership in order to...
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One Moroccan University Only Among the World’s Top 800 Universities
Taroudante - Only one Moroccan university was ranked among the top 800 universities in the world, according to the 2015 World University Rankings, released by Higher Education Times in London on...
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Morocco Reserves Rights to Suspend Cooperation with HRW: Government Spokesperson
Rabat - Communication Minister and Spokesperson of the Government Mustapha Khalfi slammed Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its reports on Morocco, which he says “lack neutrality.” In an article published...
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Moroccan Jews Among Main Beneficiaries of Spanish Citizenship
By Yasyn Mouhir Marrakech - At the request of the Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala, the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree on Friday granting Spanish citizenship to 4,302 Sephardic...
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Ten Million People Are Illiterate in Morocco
Fez - On the occasion of the National Day of Illiteracy Eradication, the National Agency for Literacy called for strengthening efforts to fight illiteracy and help illiterate people integrate into...
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Activists Protest Death Penalty in Rabat
Rabat - A number of activists gathered yesterday before the parliament building in Rabat to protest the continued existence of the death penalty in Morocco.Lawyer Abderrahim Jamai, the leader of the...
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Morocco, EU Sign Agreement to Set up Program of Training on Renewable Energy
Rabat - Mohamed Boussaid, Economy Minister, Khalid Berjaoui, Minister Delegate for National Education and Vocational Training and Miguel Arias Canete, EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action...
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Acticall to Open a Call Center in Fez
Rabat - Acticall group, a major operator in the French market, and 4th global operator of call centers, decided to set up a call center in the Fez-Shore Park.According to The Economist, in its October...
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King Mohammed VI Launches Women & Children Programs in Tangier
Tangier - King Mohammed VI launched and inaugurated, here Monday, a set of projects, part of the Tangier-Metropolis program, to promote women's social-economic conditions and protect children from...
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‘A Bomb’ Opens the 2015-2016 Artistic Season at the National Theater Mohammed V
By Ayoub DerrazaRabat - The ‘Achihab’ theater group opened the new artistic season of the National Theater Mohamed V in Rabat on Saturday, October 10 at 8:00 pm, with their play “A Bomb.”The play is...
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Moroccan Rewarded for Discovering a Loophole in Facebook
Fez - Ayoub Fathi, a 21-year old Moroccan, has discovered a “dangerous” loophole in Facebook and was rewarded 7,500 US Dollars for it.The disciplined Moroccan hacker found a way to get a hold of hidden...
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Huawei Targets 15% of Mobile Market in Morocco
Rabat - Huawei’s current market share in Morocco does not exceed 3% in the mobile market. According to Thomas Xu, Huwaei’s general director in Morocco, the Chinese enterprise is seeking to triple its...
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26,7 % of Moroccans Speak Tamazight
Rabat - Over 26 per cent of Moroccans speak Amazigh, which is Morocco’s second official language after Arabic since the adoption of the 2011 constitution.Ahmed EL Hlimi Al Alami, chairman of Morocco’s...
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King Mohammed VI Among the World’s 10 Most Influential Muslims: Report
Rabat - King Mohammed VI has been selected among the world’s 10 most influential Muslim personalities, according to a new survey released by the Jordanian Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre...
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Morocco Arrests ‘Dangerous supporter’ of ISIS
Rabat - A "dangerous supporter" of the ISIS group was arrested on Wednesday in Kasba Tadla (central Morocco) by agents of the Central Bureau of judiciary investigations, says a release of the Interior...
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