Morocco

Pro-Palestine Moroccan activists have called for Arab and Islamic states to take action against the plans of US President Donald Trump to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv...

The ex-Foreign Minister of Morocco, Saad Eddine Othmani, said on Thursday that parliament's adoption of the African Union Charter as a prelude to rejoining the bloc after 32 years...

While the Moroccan public are increasingly irritated at the obstacles delaying the formation of the second post-2011 government, the three-month political void does little to reward voters' perseverance on...

A protest against banning the sale and production of burqas at shops.

The King of Morocco is to attend the African Union (AU) summit set to be held on 28 January in Addis Ababa. According to Prime Minister-designate Abdelilah Benkirane, King...

Morocco's Prime Minister-designate said on Friday that the discussions to form a new government, ongoing since October, face a "real blockage," Quds Press has reported. "Nevertheless," said Abdelilah Benkirane,...

Human Rights Watch has condemned the expulsion of several observers in Western Sahara. HRW's World Report 2017, released on Thursday, refers specifically to the case of Carlos Beristain, a...

Describing the 7 October elections in Morocco as a political earthquake is no exaggeration. Given the mounting levels of literacy and social media savvy, votes in cities were expected...

Morocco's city of Marrakesh has been listed in French daily Le Monde's list of 20 must-visit cities this year. Marrakech was also shortlisted as part of The New York...

Two major bus crashes in Morocco and Algeria over the weekend have killed a total of 19 people and injured almost three dozen, local media reports claimed. The worst...

Morocco's prime minister has broken off talks to form a new government with two main coalition partners three months after the country's elections, deepening the worst political deadlock since...

The US Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, has warned Morocco that Daesh could carry out attacks in Morocco and Tunisia using trucks similar to those in Berlin and Nice...

The secretary-general of Morocco's Popular Movement, Mohanad Laenser, revealed yesterday that the new Moroccan government's political make-up will likely include the same parties that the former coalition government was...

Two Moroccan UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic were killed and two others wounded by unknown attackers in the southeast of the country, the UN mission there said yesterday....

Around 1,100 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane's visit to Mauritania on behalf of Morocco's King Mohamed VI has not gone well, according to state news site Le 360. Benkirane was dispatched to...

Morocco's only oil refiner, Samir, has received a $3 billion offer from an Italian law firm operating on behalf of an unnamed bidder, Reuters has reported. Samir's management said...

Morocco's prime minister has gone ahead with a visit to Mauritania despite political tension arising from comments made by opposition politician Hamid Chabat, the General Secretary of the Istiqlal...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI called Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz yesterday and reiterated Rabat's belief in Mauritanian sovereignty over its land after controversial remarks delivered by a Moroccan opposition...

Morocco has lauded the adoption of what it believes to be "historic resolution" by the UN Security Council, which calls on Israel to halt all settlements operation in the...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane to form a government "as soon as possible," a statement by the Royal Court has revealed. The King's...

The Moroccan Ministry of Interior is warning its citizens that any sympathy for a gunman, who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey, even on social media, could land them...

Agreements signed between Mauritania and Algeria are not directed against Morocco or any other country, a senior official said. "Mauritania is keen to develop its relations with Morocco and...

Austria has arrested a 25-year-old asylum seeker from Morocco on suspicion of planning an attack during the holiday season in the city of Salzburg, prosecutors said today. A search...

Morocco has launched the second phase of a campaign that will "regularise" the status of thousands of undocumented migrants living in the North African country. The drive, launched in...

The Arabic language faces "serious challenges" in Morocco, local NGOs have warned, urging for the main language of the Middle East to represent a "joint heritage" for all Moroccans",...

As the second post-2011 government has lingered in Morocco's corridors of power for more than two months, optimistic and grim scenarios have been suggested. Among other options, Justice and...

The UN Committee Against Torture has condemned Morocco for retrieving a confession under torture. Naama Asfari, who is currently serving 30 years in prison, was arrested in 2010 with...

Former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi has called for the reopening of the land border between Algeria and Morocco. Algerian media reported Brahimi saying earlier today that the differences...

Delays in the formation of a new Moroccan government are to be expected and are not signs that there is a crisis in the system, a former minister has...

The US State Department has announced its final approval of a deal to sell TOW anti-tank missiles to Morocco costing $107 million. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said...

Dozens of sub-Saharan African migrants forced their way this morning over a barbed-wire fence into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, which borders Morocco. Television footage showed migrants perched...