Morocco

A group of rights lawyers have filed a legal complaint demanding the arrest of former Israeli President Shimon Peres – who will visit Morocco on 5 May – for...

Since the rise of Islamists to power in Morocco, activities have come to light that hint at the country's normalisation process in its relations with Israel. For instance, in...

Palestinian resistance faction Hamas on Sunday called on Morocco to reconsider an expected visit by former Israeli President Shimon Peres to the kingdom. "We have hopes that the King...

Morocco has approved two bills allowing its citizens to challenge decisions made by the government and its institutions and to propose new laws, the government spokesperson said yesterday. Morocco's...

All the ministers of the Moroccan government are willing to resign, individually or collectively, if investigations prove them responsible for last Friday's road accident that killed 35 in the...

The Libyan General National Congress (GNC) warned that it would suspend participation in the United Nations (UN) backed national dialogue in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, Anadolu news agency...

Much of my professional life involves applying democratic, participatory decision-making methods in order to catalyse and bring to fruition human development initiatives. We are fortunate that these enjoy a...

We may know – perhaps even at first hand – of a gap in society whose presence causes pain for countless individuals. Here in Morocco, such a void –...

A spokesman for the Moroccan government said on Thursday that his country is the only one in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region not to have experienced any...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called on the Moroccan authorities to release two civilians who have been held for unreasonably long periods awaiting military trials, the Anadolu Agency reported. In...

When Laurent Fabius, French minister of foreign affairs and international development, arrived in Morocco last week, he knew that his visit was part of efforts to clear up a...

Algeria and Morocco are competing to play the leading role in mediation efforts to solve the crises in Mali and Libya, the Anadolu Agency reported Algerian experts as saying....

At the opening ceremony of the 21st Casablanca International Book Fair, which was held between 13 and 22 February, Abdelilah Benkiran, Head of the Moroccan Government, narrated an anecdote...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has expressed his interest in cooperating with Iranian President Hassan Rohani with the aim of giving a new impetus to bilateral relations between the two...

As April approaches, Morocco is hectically preparing for the UN's annual renewal of the mandate for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which was...

Morocco's Minister of Communication Mustapha El-Khalfi called on Arab journalists on Monday to engage in facing "Arabophobia" campaigns which aim to spread negative images about the Arab people, Anadolu...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane yesterday received the head of the Saudi Shura Council Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Al Ash-Sheikh in a first official visit by a Saudi official to...

The European Union ambassador to Morocco Robert Joy said the EU hopes to resume talks over the signing of a comprehensive free trade agreement with Rabat, the Anadolu Agency...

Political tensions prevailed in the Moroccan Parliament's monthly session which addressed the government's preparations for the upcoming elections originally scheduled for June, but postponed until September. Prime Minister Abdelilah...

Mohammed Taqi Moayed, Iran's new ambassador to Rabat, has assumed his duties in the Moroccan capital after six years of severed diplomatic ties between the two countries. In a...

Several months have passed since the crises in relations between Morocco and France began in February last year to record an unprecedented incident in the decades-long path of strategic...

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has invited Morocco's King Mohamed VI to visit Egypt, the Royal Court has revealed. The king has directed his officials to make the necessary arrangements....

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...