Morocco

Even before last October's legislative elections it was clear that the real authority in Morocco, which is basically the royal palace and its surroundings, does not want Islamists to...

Moroccan Prime Minster Saad Eddine El Othmani said on Saturday he had agreed to form a coalition government with five other parties, breaking nearly six months of post-election deadlock....

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called for direct dialogue between Morocco and the Polisario Front with regard to the issue of the Western Sahara,...

King Abdullah II of Jordan visits the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art with King Mohammed VI of Morocco during his visit in Rabat

The statement issued by the Royal Court on 15 March excusing the Party for Justice and Development (PJD) leader Abdelilah Benkirane from forming a government put an end to...

Morocco relies on the collapse of power in Algeria, according to the head of the Moroccan Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) that is closely affiliated to the royal...

Morocco's King Mohamed VI has ousted Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister designate and leader of the the Justice and Development Party (PJD), the largest political party in the kingdom....

The African Union (AU) has expressed its "regret" at Morocco for not attending a meeting organised by the AU's Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on the Western Sahara. Since...

New government deliver a a joint press conference in Rabat Morocco

Morocco's newly-appointed Prime Minister, Saad Eddine El-Othmani, said consultations to form the next government will begin with the opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM). El-Othmani of the Islamist Justice...

Moroccan Minister-Delegate for National Defence Abdel-Latif Loudiyi held discussions on Friday with a senior official from the French Ministry of Defence. Loudiyi met with Jean-Paul Bodin, the Secretary General...

Moroccan TV host makes fun of those with bipolar disorder

"Morocco is the TRUTH!" Hollywood actor Will Smith wrote on Facebook after his recent trip to the North African country earlier this month.  In a post published on Wednesday,...

Around 30 migrants have been "blocked in the no man's land" between Morocco and Algeria after being driven back by the authorities of the two countries this week. Some...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has named Saad Eddine El Othmani as the kingdom's new prime minister, and asked him to form a new government after he sacked veteran Islamist...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI is replacing Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and will ask another member of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) to form a government after five...

A Moroccan court yesterday resumed the trial of 25 Sahrawis accused of murdering 13 people in November 2010. The majority of those killed were security forces based in the contested Western Sahara's...

Israel and the US are the greatest threats to the Arab region, its stability and security, a poll by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies revealed yesterday....

Some 24 per cent, nearly quarter, of the Arab region's citizens seek to emigrate their home countries in an attempt to improve their economic and financial conditions, the 2016...

The Spanish minister of foreign affairs has voiced his support for the self-determination of the Sahrawi people. Speaking in an interview with APS agency, Alfonso Dastis explained Spain's support for...

Public spending in Morocco is being put at risk by the country's inability to form a government nearly five months after elections, opposition lawmakers said. The Islamist Justice and...

Women labourers work at a strawberry field on the country side of Kenitra province of Morocco

The UN envoy for the Western Sahara has offered his resignation after leading efforts to settle the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement for the last...

A Moroccan member of parliament has been shot dead in front of his house in Casablanca yesterday. Abdellatif Merdass, a member of parliament representing the Constitutional Union (UC), was...

Algeria rejected calls for Morocco's return to the African Union to be hailed in the Arab League on Sunday, a diplomatic source said. The diplomat, who spoke on condition...

This issue will not be solved unless a solution to the problem of democracy in the region can be found. In a unilateral move, Morocco has decided to withdraw...

Moroccan women only make up a "very modest" ten per cent of entrepreneurs in the country, a minister for women said today. Bassima Hakkaoui, minister of solidarity, women, family...

Morocco's Justice and Development Party (PJD) has backed the approach adopted by its leader, Abdelilah Benkirane — the designated Head of Government — to restrict the membership of the...

Two Moroccans officials have called for national efforts to improve the quality of education in the country. This came in a press conference to present the results of the...

Morocco announced on Sunday that it has withdrawn unilaterally from Guerguerat, in the south of the Western Sahara, which is territory disputed with the Polisario Front, Anadolu has reported....

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has reiterated his country's keenness to continue to support the Saharawi people to realise their right to self-determination and independence. In a letter addressed to...

Arab and African trade ministers yesterday called for trade volumes to be increase between them. The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank...