Moroccan expats minister meets New York County District Attorney
New York, June 11, 2013 (MAP) Morocco’s delegate-minister of Moroccans living abroad, Abdellatif Maâzouz, held a meeting on Monday with New York county attorney (Manhattan), Cyrus Vance Jr. The meeting...
View ArticleSpain breaks up Al-Qaeda linked ring, eight arrested
MADRID, June 21, 2013 (AFP) Spanish security forces on Friday broke up an Al-Qaeda-linked network in north Africa suspected of sending fighters to Syria, arresting eight people in early morning raids....
View ArticleHRW urges Morocco judges to end ‘torture confessions’
RABAT, June 21, 2013 (AFP) Human Rights Watch called on Moroccan judges to halt convictions based on confessions obtained through torture, saying in a report released on Friday that failure to probe...
View ArticleRabat-Washington ties “in progress”: Moroccan FM
Rabat - June 26, 2013 (MAP) Relations between Morocco and the United States are "on the path of progress" and are "positive", despite the slowness that marks them from time to time, Moroccan foreign...
View ArticleMorocco, everyone’s homeland
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, July 1, 2013 Since 2011, the bulk of countries in the Middle East and North Africa have turned into touch-in-go areas. Although radiations of...
View ArticleKing Juan Carlos of Spain on official work visit to Morocco on July 15-17
Rabat, July 01, 2013 (MAP) King Juan Carlos of Spain will pay this July 15-17 an official visit to Morocco, a statement of the Royal household, protocol and chancellery announced. “On this occasion,...
View ArticleDynamo Kiev sign Morocco playmaker Belhanda
July 01, 2013 Dynamo Kiev signed Morocco midfielder Younes Belhanda from French side Montpellier for an undisclosed fee on Sunday, the Ukrainian club said. “Welcome to Kiev, Younes,” Dynamo wrote in...
View ArticleHighlights of Moroccan editorials: July 8
Rabat - July 8, 2013 (MAP) Here follow the highlights of Moroccan editorials published this Monday July 8, 2013. Rissalat Al Oumma considers that latest events in the world exact that Moroccan...
View ArticleHighlights of Moroccan editorials, July 9
Rabat - July 9, 2013 The action of Benkirane-led government and the government’s Ikram program for gender parity are making up the highlights of Moroccan editorials published this Tuesday July 09,...
View ArticleMorocco calls for increased mobilization for initiative of help to...
Geneva - July 11, 2013 (MAP) Morocco has called on Wednesday in Geneva for increased mobilization to intensify inter-African trade through the Aid for Trade initiative meant to increase developing...
View ArticleHighlights of Moroccan editorials, July 11
Rabat - July 11, 2013 (MAP) Implications of the resignation of Istiqlal party’s ministers from the PJD-led government is the major highlight of Moroccan editorialist published this Thursday July 11,...
View ArticleHighlights of Moroccan editorials, July 15, 2013
Rabat, July 15, 2014 (MAP) The expected visit of King Juan Carlos of Spain to Morocco (July 15-17) and the political situation entailed by the Istiqlal party’s ministers withdrawal from the government...
View ArticleUN Security Council adopts Morocco-Sponsored presidential declaration on Sahel
New York, July 17, 2013 (MAP) The UN Security Council adopted on Tuesday a new presidential declaration, sponsored by Morocco, on the Sahel region. In the statement, read out by during a formal meeting...
View ArticleNew airports project envisaged in Morocco: Minister
Rabat, July 17, 2013 (MAP) A new airports project, part of the 2035 air transport strategy is being envisaged, said Minister of Equipment and Transport, Aziz Rebbah The minister who was answering a...
View ArticleThe End of Ramadan and the meaning of Zakat Al Fitr in Islam
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Tinjedad, August 7, 2013 At the end of Ramadan, Muslims must pay Zakat al Fitr, purifying charity that every Muslim has to pay as Islamic legislation enforce it....
View ArticleMorocco’s Central Bank Al Maghrib Injects MAD 75 billion to the financial Market
By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, August 20, 2013 Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib injected MAD 75 billion in the period from the August, 8th and August, 13th according to the...
View ArticlePrincess Mary of Denmark on 3 days visit to Morocco
Taroudant- MWN Denmark's Princess Mary is visiting Morocco on a three day trip. Officially Crowned Princess of Denmark, the 42-year-old princess paid a special visit Wednesday to a women's center in...
View ArticleMorocco’s African immigrants fear rising racism tide
RABAT- "Is it a crime now, being an immigrant?" asks Eric Williams, a Cameroonian living in Rabat, where the murder of a Senegalese man has stoked fears among Morocco's sub-Saharan community. On August...
View ArticleSpain arrests suspected leader who sent jihadists to Syria
MADRID - Spanish police on Monday arrested the suspected leader of a cell linked to Al-Qaeda that sent militants to Syria to carry out suicide bombings, the government said. Police seized Yassin Ahmed...
View ArticleMigrant dies as hundreds try to sail to Spain
MADRID - One migrant died and a dozen more were missing after their boat capsized during the latest desperate seaborne attempt by hundreds in several vessels to reach Spain, officials said Monday. The...
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