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School, main instrument for dissemination of values of democracy, human...
Rabat - The Moroccan school is the main instrument for the dissemination of the values of democracy and human rights, said president of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH), Driss El Yazami....
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80% of Moroccan families can’t save money: survey
By Aziz Allilou- Rabat Eight out of ten families in Morocco could not save money last year, according to a recent research made by the Higher Delegation of Planning. The Higher Delegation of Planning...
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Moroccan colonel loses job for refusing to shake hand with a woman
Rabat- A Moroccan military officer has been dismissed from his position for refusing to shake hands with the first woman governor in Morocco’s history. According to the Moroccan newspaper Al Massae,...
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Morocco’s House of Representatives unanimously adopts fisheries agreement...
Rabat- The Moroccan House of Representatives unanimously adopted on Monday the fisheries agreement signed between Morocco and the EU last July. The four year fisheries agreement had also been approved...
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Moroccan activist awarded French “Legion d’honneur” distinction
Rabat - Moroccan activist and champion of single mothers' rights, Aïcha Ech-Chenna, was made on Monday "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" a prestigious French distinction for 52 years of services to...
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Seville: Azoulay Underlines “Uniqueness Of Moroccan Democratic Model” In...
Seville - The reforms carried out by Morocco in different areas made the Kingdom a unique democratic model in the southern shore of the Mediterranean, said, Tuesday in Seville, André Azoulay, the...
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Casablanca: A Budget of MAD 2.82 Billion for 2014
Casablanca- A budget of 2.82 billion dirhams will be spent on the upgrading of the Grand Casablanca and improving the living environment of its inhabitants in 2014 according to MAP. Following the...
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Morocco: Death or chemical castration for pedophiles?
By Aziz Allilou Rabat- The families of pedophilia victims and the human rights association Matkich Wladi are campaigning to make penalties harsher for convicted pedophiles, in order to stop the rise...
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Morocco, unmarried couples brave cohabitation taboo
Rabat- When Moroccan divorcee Soumaya moved in with her new French boyfriend she was hoping to forget the unhappiness of her marriage. Instead, she lost her children. It's a crime in Muslim Morocco to...
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Morocco, unmarried couples brave cohabitation taboo
Rabat- When Moroccan divorcee Soumaya moved in with her new French boyfriend she was hoping to forget the unhappiness of her marriage. Instead, she lost her children. It's a crime in Muslim Morocco to...
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Pressure on Morocco to end child exploitation after girl’s death
RABAT- The death of a 14-year-old housemaid abused by her employer has sparked a public outcry in Morocco, giving ammunition to those demanding an end to the exploitation of child workers in the...
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Morocco Makes No Progress in Freedom of the Press: Reporters Without Borders
By Aziz Allilou- Rabat Reporters Without Borders ranked Morocco 136th in the world for its annual Press Freedom Index, and 9th in the Arab World. Morocco kept the same ranking as last year on the 2014...
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Emir of Qatar offers his palace in Agadir to King Mohammed VI
By Aziz Allilou- Rabat The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Tani offers his palace located on the seaside of Agadir city to king Mohamed VI. After he bought it from the family of Saudi Crown...
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Woman gives birth on a Montreal-bound Royal Air Maroc flight
New York- According to the Canadian news website Le Journal de Montreal, a woman gave birth on Saturday night on a Royal Air Maroc while on a flight between Casablanca to Montreal. According to the...
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Saudi Arabia to challenge Morocco in global phosphate market
By Aziz Alillou- Rabat Saudi Arabia may emerge as a powerful challenger to Moroccan phosphate in the coming years once it begins offering its phosphate in the world market. This is bad news for...
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The miserable working conditions of a Casablanca textile factory
By Keltoum Elhassiah- Casablanca A day in a small textile factory: poor working conditions, low productivity, loss of customers In a small, 20-year old factory in Sbata, a neighborhood of Casablanca,...
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Morocco: Business leaders lament North Africa union’s failure
MARRAKESH, Morocco - Exactly 25 years after the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) of North African states was formed in Marrakesh, business leaders gathered here Monday lamented its failure to integrate the...
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Algerian military open fire towards Moroccan border control station
Rabat- A new escalation in the tension between Moroccan and Algeria or an accident? According to a statement issue by the Moroccan Ministry of Interior, elements of the Algerian National People's Army...
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The Policewoman and the Elderly Man: Reflections on an Act of Kindness
Casablanca- When was the last time you helped an elderly man cross the road? You can’t even recall, can you? We have become so self-interest-ridden today that displaying any act of kindness feels like...
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30,000 sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco awaiting opportunity to cross to Spain
Taroudant- According to the English El Pais, approximately 30,000 illegal sub-Saharan migrants are camped out in Morocco, waiting for an opportunity to enter Europe through Ceuta and Melilla. The same...
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