Online fashion retailer Shein has issued an apology after coming under fire for selling Muslim prayer mats and passing them off as “frilled Greek carpets” despite having imagery of...

The Moroccan parliament yesterday criticised Amnesty International and called on the rights group to apologise and provide evidence of allegations officials spied on journalists in the country using Israeli...

Nine Arab countries on Tuesday called for an effective international stance against an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, reports Anadolu Agency. The foreign ministers...

Amnesty International on Saturday accused Morocco of launching a “smear campaign and the false claims” against it in an effort to “discredit solid human rights research”, it said in...

The president of Algeria said Saturday he would welcome an initiative to end a decades-long cold war with Morocco, Anadolu reports. “If they think an initiative should be taken,...

Moroccan civil activists are seeking to sue the Spanish government for its discrimination between Spanish natives and Moroccans in the evacuation of its citizens and residents stranded in Morocco,...

Moroccan authorities on Friday rejected an Amnesty report saying they have spied on journalist Omar Radi using Israeli-made technology, Reuters reports. Amnesty said it checked Radi’s phone and alleged...

Algerian authorities are planning to build a military base on the country’s western border with Morocco, according to local media. Echorouk and TSA were among the media organisations that reported the news...

Technology developed by Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group was used by the Moroccan government to spy on journalist Omar Radi, a critic of Morocco’s human rights record, Amnesty International...

Morocco seems to have been successful in preventing a major outbreak three months after announcing the first two Covid-19 infections. The success of the lockdown has been described as...

Morocco on Saturday announced it would ease restrictive measures imposed to curb the novel coronavirus outbreak, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, the health and interior ministries said the...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed his relief on Thursday for the success of the heart surgery that Moroccan King Mohammed VI has undergone. This came in a message sent...

The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $48 million loan to Morocco to help it manage the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. The World Bank said in a statement that the...

The North African country is the first to partner with Germany in developing green hydrogen

Statements from Algeria suggesting otherwise have been rejected

A spokesman for the Algerian presidency, Mohand Oussaid Belaid, announced yesterday that the Moroccan consul who described Algeria as an “enemy country” has left the country at Algiers’ request....

Moroccans are unable to return home due to the COVID-19 lockdown

Morocco and Libya recorded fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, while Tunisia registered no infections or deaths for the fourth day in a row, reported Anadolu Agency. In Morocco, the...

Lebanese Tania Saleh, Algerian Souhila Ben Lachhab and Moroccan Mariam Hussein each posted photos of themselves doing ‘blackface’, despite the practice being widely considered a form of racism

Observers can’t miss the campaign against the Tunisian revolution by both domestic and foreign parties as they try to derail this beautiful country’s democratic transition. Tunisia is writing its...

The memorial of late Moroccan national leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi in Tangiers has been desecrated just days after his death. Al Rai Al Youm reported on Sunday that the saboteurs removed...

The Moroccan army confirmed that the military base under construction near the Algerian border is not designated for military purposes, but it is rather intended to “house soldiers”. This...

The Moroccan Observatory against Normalisation on Monday condemned what it considered an attempt made by broadcaster M2 and the Moroccan Film Centre to promote normalisation with Israel. The body said that M2 aired a show on...

The tally of coronavirus cases and deaths rose Saturday in several Arab countries, according to health authorities, Anadolu Agency reports.  Authorities in the Gaza Strip reported their first death...

An Emirati foundation announced on Thursday that it will suspend all its activities in Morocco, due to the increasing tension and discord between Abu Dhabi and Rabat during the...

At least one third of Moroccans have lost their income due to the curfew imposed by authorities as a result of the coronavirus, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) revealed yesterday....

A private jet belonging to an Emirati royal has brought a group of Israeli nationals who were stranded in Morocco for over two months home. Moroccan diplomacy helped facilitate...

A senior Moroccan official has announced that corruption in Morocco is no less dangerous than the newly-emerged coronavirus in threatening the country’s security and stability. Mustafa Ramid, Morocco’s minister...

UAE bots have launched organised attacks against the Moroccan government and its President Saadeddine Othmani, accusing it of failing to confront the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Moroccan journalist and...

The Covid-19 pandemic has swept through the Middle East and North Africa, a region already struggling with the effects of a decade of uprisings, failed or difficult political transitions,...

Moroccan activists have launched a solidarity campaign on social media after a French national “deliberately” ran over a young shepherd’s flock of sheep, killing a number of them. The...

The head of the largest Moroccan opposition party called for the dismissal of the Minister of Justice because of a draft law related to the use of social media...