On August 31, Akhbar Alyaoum journalist Hajar Raissouni was arrested. Suspicion spread immediately on social media, primarily for the reasons behind the imprisonment. Raissouni, 28, was arrested near a...

The US State Department has decided to sell anti-tank missile systems, worth $776 million, to Morocco. This came in a statement published on the website of the Defence Security...

A report by the Spanish government, published by the Moroccan newspaper, Assabah, Thursday, revealed that the number of unaccompanied Moroccan minors, who have arrived in the through illegal migration,...

On Wednesday, the organisers of Morocco’s most prolonged sit-in declared they are willing to end their eight-year protest near Africa’s largest silver mine. This announcement came in a statement...

The Moroccan government will discuss, next Thursday, the adoption of a solidarity tax aimed to fund compensation for natural disasters and terrorist offences. According to an explanatory memorandum to...

In recent hours, the media scene has been engrossed in the case of Moroccan journalist, Hajar Raissouni, who was arrested by police on charges of abortion. The lawyers of...

Moroccan associations have announced their solidarity with a journalist arrested by the authorities after she allegedly had an abortion. This came in statements issued by Moroccan non-governmental organisations following...

Moroccan authorities found the body of a man who disappeared during the floods which struck the country last week, raising the total number of victims to eight. On Wednesday,...

Hundreds of contracting professors in Morocco demonstrated on Sunday in Rabat to demand that the government integrate them into the public sector employment. Three years ago, the Government launched...

Calling them 'uneducated'

It seems that the ongoing revolutionary situation in Algeria is affecting all parts of life. However, in spite of this, Algerians are still trying to overcome problems of the...

The Moroccan security said on Monday that it has arrested an Israeli over suspected links to a criminal network specialized in ID and passport counterfeiting, Anadolu reports. The Moroccan...

Moroccan officials have accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of giving support to the Polisario Front, which seeks the creation of an independent state in Western Sahara, Al-Quds Al-Araby...

The Moroccan Ministry of Employment announced, Tuesday, it’s committed to dialogue with unions regarding a draft law regulating strikes in the kingdom, which is still under consideration in parliament....

On Monday, the Moroccan army will begin selecting 15.000 recruits, the first batch since the resumption to compulsory military service. Eleven years after its suspension, the military service law...

A body of political, civil, human rights and Islamic activists has been formed to warn the Moroccan government that conflict over the recently-passed Education Reform Bill will intensify in...

A member of the Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco, Abdelaziz Aftati, said: “the US is resorting to the policy of encouragement and intimidation and then...

Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani defended, Sunday, Morocco’s education reform law, which has sparked widespread controversy, calling it “a great gain for the country.” This came during his meeting...

The "education reform act" has been widely criticised

One of the five most prominent education sector unions in Morocco says that a new Education Reform Bill, which allows for teaching some subjects in French, is the “political...

Born in 1989 in Casablanca, Yasmine's strength is the open-mindedness and determination typical of her generation

Morocco’s high commissioner for planning said inflation had risen 0.2 per cent in June. The rise in inflation rates, the official said today has led to an increase in...

Former Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane criticised the Justice and Development Party (JDP) following a parliamentary committee’s approvals of a French-based education draft. This came in statements by the...

Jordanian foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, agreed on Saturday “to cooperate on protecting the holy sites of the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem.” “The...

Morocco’s House of Advisors has approved law governing Sharia-compliant insurance, known as Takaful. This law is expected to give a much-needed boost to the country’s Islamic finance sector. Experts in Islamic banking...

Morocco repatriated the bodies of 11 nationals from Libya, including ten killed in Khalifa Haftar’s air strikes on a detention centre in Tajoura earlier this month and one who died...

The Moroccan navy rescued 161 migrants in the Mediterranean, Friday, the Moroccan official news agency, MAP reported a military source as saying. According to the source, the migrants; mostly...

The Tunisian public prosecutor announced the imposition of a travel ban on media figure Nabil Al-Qarawi and his brother, Monday, in addition to freezing their bank accounts as a...

Morocco’s accession to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) does not imply “recognition of the Polisario Front,” Morocco’s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, said yesterday. Bourita’s remarks came during...

Hundreds of Tunisians and Palestinian ex-patriots demonstrated, Monday, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Mohamed Ali Square in Tunis. The demonstrations were in response to an invitation...

The Moroccan Justice and Development Party said yesterday that the US’ peace plan for the Middle East dubbed the “deal of the century” is “totally biased towards the Zionist...

Two experts have stated that the Tangier Med – a new port in the Moroccan coastal city – would transform the country into a commercial and investment gateway in...