Sexual assault video of woman on Casablanca bus sparks outrage, arrests
A video of a young woman being sexually assaulted by a gang of teenage boys on a bus in Casablanca has sparked outrage in Morocco, Read more
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Moroccan king pardons more than 1,000 protesters
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Saturday pardoned more than a thousand people who were under arrest for taking part in protests in the troubled Read more
Morocco king ‘withdraws from Ecowas summit’
Morocco’s King Mohamed VI has cancelled plans to attend a summit of West African leaders in Liberia because of the presence of Israel’s Prime Minister Read more
Moroccan protest leader ‘arrested
The leader of a Moroccan protest movement has been arrested, the AFP news agency is reporting. Nasser Zefzafi has been on the run since Friday Read more
Morocco’s King Ousts Prime Minister
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ousted Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane because of his failure to form a government five months after elections. A surprise palace Read more
Morocco central bank okays five Islamic financial products
RABAT – Morocco’s central bank has approved the use of five types of Islamic banking transaction, giving a final regulatory nod for the country to launch Read more
Morocco king urges UN measures on Western Sahara
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called on the United Nations to take “urgent measures” following months of tensions with the Polisario independence Read more
Two Moroccan UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
Two Moroccan U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic were killed and two others wounded by unknown attackers in the southeast of the country, the U.N. Read more
Moroccan central bank approves five Islamic banks
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s Central Bank has approved five requests to open Islamic banks in the country and allowed three French Read more
Moroccan man arrested in Germany, accused of links to 2015 Paris attacks
A Moroccan man has been arrested in Germany and charged with being a member of the Islamic State cell that carried out deadly attacks in Read more
Moroccans protest in capital over fishmonger’s death
RABAT (Reuters) – Around 2,000 protesters took to the streets of Morocco’s capital Rabat on Sunday, in the latest in a week of rallies over Read more
Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of outraged Moroccans held protests in several cities on Sunday after a fishmonger in the northern town Read more
Morocco PM’s party wins election
Morocco’s governing Islamists in the Justice and Development Party (PJD) have won the country’s parliamentary election. With 90% of the votes counted, they have taken Read more
Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union after Western Sahara row
[BBC] Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Read more