Morocco

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane praised the country's foreign minister for his absence from the march that was held in Paris on Sunday. The Moroccan foreign minister offered condolences to...

Moroccan authorities on Wednesday banned the distribution of certain French publications that had reprinted offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, including those in the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo...

Morocco has strongly condemned what has been described as "the despicable and subversive acts of terrorism" taking place in Yemen, stressing that the north African country is concerned about...

In Moroccan politics, public television is mostly viewed as loudspeaker of the deep state. Channels have shown little elasticity and more reluctance to reform, despite changes in the legal...

Moroccan authorities have banned the distribution of some foreign newspapers and magazines that had reprinted material offending to Islam's prophet Muhammad previously printed by the French satirical magazine Charlie...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane on Saturday denied accusations that Morocco's government coalition, which is led by his Justice and Development Party had sought to "Islamise" the Moroccan society....

A leading Moroccan academic warned on Friday of the "continued tensions" between Morocco and Egypt which erupted in the wake of TV reports. Director of the Rabat Centre for...

We cannot consider the tense relations between Morocco and Egypt, as well as the UAE, in isolation from the fact that the Justice and Development Party leads the governing...

Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said yesterday that he does not want to do anything that might affect Rabat's relations with the UAE, the Anadolu Agency reported. During a...

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri may visit Morocco in a bid to end the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Speaking to Anadolu News Agency on Friday, an anonymous...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said on Tuesday that most of the Arab leaders are planning to get rid of the Islamist movements in their countries, Arabi 21 reported....

The Moroccan economy created more than 1.6 million new jobs in the period between 2002 and 2013, with an average of 139,000 jobs per year, Anadolu news agency has...

Morocco's Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mbarka Bouaida, has described her country's bilateral relations with Algeria as "cold" despite periods of breakthrough. She demanded...

Dozens of Moroccan women protested in front of parliament in Rabat on Tuesday, demanding protection from violence and harassment, as well as legal protection for their dignity. The demonstration...

In his 39th Green March anniversary speech, King Mohammed VI of Morocco stressed that his country's approach to the Sahara issue is characterised by a readiness to strengthen bilateral...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday expressed his commitment to forging closer ties with the Kingdom of Morocco. Bouteflika's statements came at the peak of the diplomatic crisis between the...

During a telephone call on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in occupied Jerusalem with Moroccan President Mohamed VI, Anadolu news agency reported. Sources in the...

Morocco is being lauded today as a bastion of stability in a troubled time and region; while the future is unforeseeable, there are certainly specific factors that have helped...

The Polisario Front yesterday threatened to "return to the armed struggle" against Morocco, in reaction to the Moroccan King Mohammed VI's statement that the Western Sahara will remain under...

During his speech marking the 39th anniversary of the Green March, King Mohamed VI of Morocco yesterday warned that the Western Sahara will remain under Morocco's sovereignty "until God...

Prime Minister of Morocco Abdelilah Benkirane said that his country's relationship with Turkey is "deeply rooted in history and is based on brotherhood, cooperation and advocacy". The statement was...

Dozens of Moroccan intellectuals participated in a protest organised by the Union of Moroccan Writers on Sunday at the Zouj Bghal border crossing between Morocco and Algeria, demanding to...

Morocco denounced on Friday the latest Israeli escalation in the city of Jerusalem, and the remarks of some Israeli officials, as an attempt to "undermine the legal status of...

There are clear indications that oil has been discovered off the coast of Sidi Ifni, a city in southern Morocco, the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Minerals revealed. According...

Moroccan Foreign Ministry has summoned the Algerian ambassador to protest a shooting by an Algerian soldier on Moroccan civilians at the border, which left one civilian badly injured. "The...

Moroccan exports in 2013 fell by 0.2 per cent to reach 183.5 billion dirhams ($21 billion), compared to 183.9 billion dirhams ($21.13 billion) in 2012. In its annual report...

To sustainably advance human development and political stability, Arab Spring countries should decentralize to sub-national levels the resources necessary to catalyse and implement community development. Increasingly, Morocco is suggested...

The Moroccan authorities announced on Thursday that they will tighten their security procedures and enhance surveillance operations at various crossing points into the country after multiple groups of Moroccan...

The Moroccan Foreign Exchange Office, the institution in charge of overseeing trade and economic exchanges with foreign countries, said on Thursday that trade between Morocco and the Gulf Cooperation...

The condition of mutually enforcing bottom-up social development movements and enabling top-down laws, policies and treaties, assist ever more people and groups in coming-together to achieve the change they...

The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Salaheddine Mezouar said yesterday that his country had not received an invitation to participate in the conference hosted by Saudi Arabia...

Morocco ranked third in the world and first in the Maghreb region for acquiring French arms in 2013, France's La Tribune newspaper revealed citing a defence ministry report submitted...