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At least 15 boys, aged seven to 15, have contracted rabies after gang-raping a donkey in Morocco. The teens spent a week at the Mechraa Belksiri Hospital in the...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday the appointment of former German President Horst Köhler as the UN envoy for Western Sahara. Köhler has more than 35 years of experience...

Over 300 refugees and migrants were rescued in seven dinghies off Spain's southern coast after attempting to cross the sea from Morocco, the Spanish maritime rescue service said yesterday....

Saudi's Prince Saud Al-Saud was arrested in Morocco after being involved in a traffic accident in the M'Diq region, Reu20 reported. According to the Moroccan website, the prince was...

Two Algerians detained in Iraq for "illegal crossing of borders" were released yesterday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed. Imprisoned since 2003 for "illegally crossing the Iraqi borders", the two Algerians...

Algeria and Morocco are part of a list of countries where citizens feel most secure and have the most confidence in their local police, according to a report released by...

The Justice and Development Party, Morocco's largest opposition Islamist group, held the so-called Al-Makhzen –  the Deep State – responsible for the "killing" of an activist in Hirak Rif...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdulaziz yesterday met with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in his residence in the Moroccan city of Tangier. "During the reception, they exchanged brotherly conversations...

Demonstrations erupt in Morocco following death of Rif protester

The Head of the Moroccan government has revealed that remittances from the country's citizens living overseas reached $6.8 billion last year, Anadolu has reported. Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani added...

Two Moroccan police officers were injured on Wednesday during clashes with African immigrants who tried to leave the country and illegally enter the European Union. Anadolu Agency reported that...

The trial of detained Moroccan activist Nasser Zefzafi has been adjourned for a third time, according to his lawyer Mohammed Ziane, the HuffPost Morocco reported. Zefzafi and his lawyer were...

Morocco's King Mohammad VI has pardoned dozens of people who were arrested in recent protests in the Rif region and blamed the failure of local officials for public anger....

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sent a congratulation telegram to King of Morocco Mohammed VI on the occasion of his country's celebration of Throne Day, in which he reiterated his...

The 25th conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in session in which the Israeli violations and restrictions on Al-Aqsa will be discussed in Rabat

Ismail Haniyeh, chief of the Political Bureau‎ of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has sent a letter to King Mohammed VI of Morocco concerning Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque....

A group of Moroccan human rights organisations have denounced the authorities' restrictions on giving Amazigh, or Berber, names to children. In an open letter to the Moroccan Prime Minister,...

The Moroccan Health Ministry revealed yesterday that 700 people have died of AIDS in 2016. In a statement the ministry said the latest estimates for 2016 showed that the...

The Sharia Committee of the Moroccan government yesterday approved the operations of Islamic banks. The permit came in a book issued by Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank in the...

The criminal brigade in Casablanca, Morocco, on Monday arrested three individuals, including one girl, suspected of being involved in the planning, preparation and execution of the murder of a...

Mistakes and stubbornness still characterise Morocco's state reactions to the Rif Hirak ("mobilisation") subsequent to Mouhcine Fikri's sordid death. Protests, meanwhile, have been relentless and mostly peaceful. Any "violence"...

The Union of Moroccan Writers yesterday called on the international community to "immediately intervene and protect the Palestinian people and Islamic sanctities from the Israeli violations, aggressions and violent...

Seventy-two security forces and 11 civilians have been wounded following violent police intervention at a protest in Al-Hoceima, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains in Morocco. The...

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International yesterday called on Morocco to reject confessions extracted under torture or ill-treatment during police interrogations involving Sahrawi political prisoners. The Rabat court of appeal...

A Moroccan court has handed down sentences ranging between two and 25 years to 25 Sahrawis accused of killing 11 members of the Moroccan security forces in 2010. The...

Three top US companies are worth more combined than the national GDP of Morocco, new figures have shown. The market value of online holiday home renting portal Airbnb, ride...

Two Moroccan organisations yesterday denounced the international and Arab silence over Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and demanded action be taken to stop the assaults. Last Friday, Israel closed...

In a speech to the National Congress, the Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Secretary-General Abdelilah Benkirane said he did not regret his position as head of government. Welcoming...

Thousands of Moroccans yesterday protested in Rabat to demand "dignity and social justice" and to express their solidarity with the Hirak Rif movement in the north of the country...

The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it planned to review requests by three Middle Eastern airlines still under a laptop ban to have the restrictions lifted....

The Moroccan Public Prosecutor ordered an investigation to be opened after video footage released online showed Nasser Zefzafi, leader of the Hirak Rif who is currently in detention, while...