Morocco Fined $10 Million by CAF
Rabat - The Confederation of African Football's Executive Committee (CAF) has decided during a meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea that the Moroccan Football Federation will pay the sum of eight...
View ArticleNew Casual Picture of King Mohammed VI in Paris
Rabat - A picture posted by Soufiane El Bahri, the owner of a Facebook page dedicated to Mohammed VI and the Moroccan royal family, shows the King in casual clothes and sun glasses next to a Moroccan...
View ArticleMorocco’s aviation industry is taking off
By Kristina Fried Rabat - Morocco is home to a burgeoning aviation industry. According to CNN Africa, 5% of Morocco’s exports come from the aviation sector, which could mean a huge boost to Morocco’s...
View ArticleTwo Trucks Carrying Drugs Caught in Marrakech
Marrakech - Marrakech police services arrested two refrigerator trucks carrying drug to be smuggled outside the country, a police source said on Saturday. The two vehicles, which belong to an...
View ArticleMorocco Accepts 59% of Applications Submitted by ‘Illegal Immigrants’
Rabat - The rate of accepted immigration regularization applications for immigrants in illegal administrative situation exceeded 59% nationwide by mid-January 2015, that is 16,180 approved...
View ArticleSwitzerland Seeks to Boost Economic Cooperation with Morocco: Swiss minister
Basel (Switzerland) - Switzerland wishes to explore available opportunities to boost economic and trade cooperation with Morocco, a stable and advanced African country, said on Saturday Swiss economy...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI to Meet French President on Monday
?Rabat- King Mohammed VI is expected to meet French President, Francois Hollande, on Monday in Paris, a trusted source told Morocco World News. The meeting will take place at 5 pm local time in the...
View ArticleMoroccan School to Adopt New Education Reform
Taroudante- Rachid Benmokhtar, the Moroccan Minister of Education and Vocational Training, said on Friday in Casablanca that new education reforms “will change the Moroccan school,” allowing schools...
View ArticleMoroccan Elections: the Ceremony Nobody Wants to Attend
Casablanca- After a long campaign urging Moroccan citizens to register to vote, few Moroccans have gone to the effort to register, less than three weeks before the deadline. This raises questions as...
View ArticleMorocco’s Ambassador to Jordan Extends Condolences to Family of Jordanian Pilot
Amman - Morocco's ambassador to Jordan Hassan Abdelkhalek extended, on Saturday, in the town of Aya in Karak (120 km south of Amman), the Kingdom's condolences to the family of Jordanian pilot Mouad...
View ArticleMaroc Telecom Receives Two ‘Diamond Awards’ from Pan- African Leaders of...
Rabat- Moroccan telecommunications operator Maroc Telecom has been awarded two Diamond Awards by the Pan-African Leaders of Development 2015, organized by international NGO Nouv Afrique (New vision of...
View ArticleIslamic State Lost 20 Percent of Its Military Capabilities: Jordanian Air...
Rabat - The terrorist organization the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS or ISIL, has lost 20 percent of its military capabilities since the pilots of the US-led coalition have started carrying...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Holds Talks With French President in Paris
Paris - King Mohammed VI held, on Monday afternoon at the Elysee Palace in Paris, talks with French President François Hollande. During these talks, the two Heads of State discussed all regional and...
View ArticleU.S. Science Envoy Peter Hotez To Visit Morocco This Week
Washington - U.S. Science Envoy Dr. Peter Hotez will visit Morocco during this week to foster cooperation relations in the field of scientific research, said on Monday a statement by the Department of...
View ArticleAMA Organizes Its First Access Students’ Leadership Festival in M’diq
Fez - The Association of Moroccan Alumni of the University of the Middle East Project (AMA UMEP) organized its first Access students’ leadership festival in M’diq, Morocco from 5th to 7th February....
View ArticleAnti-Moroccan Amendment on Western Sahara Rejected by European Parliament
Strasbourg - An amendment to a draft report on human rights and the European Union's policy presented by handful of anti-Moroccan members of the European parliament on the so-called Western Western...
View ArticleRoyal Armed Forces Inspector General Receives Spanish Chief Of Army Staff
Rabat - The Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone received, on Tuesday at the FAR General Staff headquarters in Rabat, Spanish Chief of Army Staff General...
View Article44 Million Cell Phone Subscribers, 9.97 Million Internet Users in Morocco
Rabat- A new report released by Morocco’s telecommunication regulator reveals that the number of cell phone subscribers has reached 44 million, while the number of internet users reached 9.97 million....
View ArticleEnglish Band Placebo in Rabat’s Mawazine Festival 2015
Rabat - Association Maroc Culture has revealed that English Alternative rock band Placebo will perform at the 14th edition of Mawazine Festival, which is scheduled to take place between May 29th and...
View ArticleMorocco: German National Arrested For Shoplifting
Rabat- Police in the southern city of Agadir arrested a German woman last week for allegedly shoplifting at a local Marjane supermarket, according to Moroccan news website le360. The German national...
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