Morocco: Son of Minister in Open Strike With his Fellow Students
Taroudant, Morocco- Anas Boulif son of Mohamed Najib Boulif, Minister Delegate in charge of Transport and Logistics, is on strike with his fellow students in the University of Abdelmalek Essaadi in...
View ArticleAre Moroccan Ministers Bribed To Maintain High Medicine Prices?
Rabat- The Parliamentary deputy for the Justice and Development Party (PJD) Mustafa Ebrahimi accused ministers of taking bribes from pharmaceutical lobbies to block any proposals to reduce medicine...
View ArticleChance, Coincidence and AIESEC, Why I Chose Morocco?
Casablanca- The most reasonable answer that comes to my mind when people ask me the question "Why Morocco?" is definitely "The best things in life happen unexpectedly." I must admit, I was expecting...
View ArticleRabat: Engineering Student Puts an End to his Life
Casablanca- Another young student commits suicide in Morocco. A student at Rabat’s Mohamedia Engineering School committed suicide in the afternoon of Saturday, March 22. The victim was a senior-year...
View ArticleBelgium: Moroccan Woman Fired for Praying at Work, Speaking Arabic
Rabat- Habiba Zerouani, a Moroccan living in Belgium, says she was unfairly dismissed for praying at her workplace and speaking Arabic. After spending fourteen years at the Saint-Josse Public Centre...
View ArticleMoroccan Foreign Minister “Humiliated” at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport:...
Fez - It seems that the relations between Morocco and France are going to go through another period of tensions. After the diplomatic row that estranged the two allies earlier this month following a...
View ArticleOpinion: “I Am Not a Racist, I Have Black Friends”
By by Zouhair Yata- Rabat [Editor’s note: To put this piece into context, after the launch of a media campaign against racism in Morocco, Moroccan blogger Zhor Baki, known for her alternative views,...
View ArticleMorocco: Citizens Call For a March Against Criminality In Casablanca
Rabat- “Marche Contre L'insécurité Ambiante à Casa” or March Against urban crime in Casablanca, is the name of a new Facebook page calling for a march to show citizens’ displeasure toward the growing...
View ArticleGrowing Percentage of Mediterranean Women Unable to Find Jobs
Rabat- The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM), Fathallah Sijilmassi, said Wednesday in Barcelona, that ??25 percent of women in Mediterranean countries are unemployed,...
View ArticleNetherlands: US Ambassador Castigates Anti-Moroccan Remarks By Dutch Far...
Amsterdam - New US ambassador to the Netherland, Timothy Broas, criticized anti-Moroccans remarks made by Dutch far right politician, Geert Wilders. "This kind of remarks contradicts the shared values...
View ArticleSpain: Galicia Region Takes Special Interest In Moroccan Market
Madrid - The autonomous region of Galicia (northwestern Spain) takes a "special interest" in the Moroccan market as part of its Plan of Exports Promotion (Foexga). This plan worth one million euros,...
View ArticleDeputy SG Of Council Of Europe Lauds Government Action Plan On Equality
Rabat - The deputy secretary general of the Council of Europe Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni lauded government action plan on equality as well as the pioneering and consensual steps undertaken by Morocco...
View ArticleGovernor of state of Maine hails Morocco’s strategic positioning as FTZ
Washington - Governor of the American State of Maine (north-east the United States) Paul LePage hailed, on Friday, Morocco's strategic positioning as an important Free Trade Zone in the world and a...
View ArticleMorocco calls for non politicization of UNHRC
Geneva - Morocco called on Friday for the non politicization of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), adding that the consensual approach is necessary to serve the lofty cause of human rights. We...
View ArticleMorocco’s Minister of Education: French is No Longer Valid, English is the...
Rabat- Morocco’s Minister of Higher Education Lahcen Daoudi announced that the government is moving to boost the position of English in Moroccan universities, stressing that English is the language of...
View ArticleMorocco: A Virtual Battle between Citizens and Dangerous Criminals
Casablanca- A virtual war has erupted between criminals and Moroccan citizens. A Moroccan has recently launched a petition on Avaaz calling on the Ministry of Interior to increase security and combat...
View ArticleMoroccan Minister Condemns Khadija Ryadi‘s Call for Extension of MINURSO’s...
Rabat- On Friday the Popular Movement Party (MP) strongly condemned the statements of Khadija Ryadi, former president of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), after she called in an...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Inaugurates Business Center in Tangiers-Med Port, Launches...
Tangiers - King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Saturday the business center of the Tangier-Med port compound and launched construction works for the development of a new export zone. These major projects,...
View ArticleNew Leaked Video Denounces Polisario’s Human Rights Abuses in Tindouf Camps
Taroudant, Morocco- Following the release of a video posted by Laayoune TV on YouTube on March 14 showing members of “Youth for Change” describing the suffering of the Sahrawi people living in the...
View ArticleMoroccan National Library will go blue April 2 for Autism
Taroudant, Morocco- In collaboration with Junior Chamber International (JCI) in Rabat, the Collective Autism Morocco (CAM) will organize a campaign “Light it up Blue” Wednesday, on April 2, in the...
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