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Could Africa Host The 2030 World Cup?
It was a blow to African football fans this past summer when North America won its bid to host the 2026 World Cup. The...
Economic Prowess Dominates Diplomatic Precision: An Overview of King Mohammed VI’s Tour of Africa South of the Sahara
Increasingly in recent months, international politics has been split down the red line of foreign policy--a demarcation dividing the EU and the US from...
African integration and a new president for Mali: a tale of two necessary transitions
As the world is witnessing the surprisingly smooth political transition in Mali, Morocco is not only determined to speed up the pace of its...
The Democrat
As Mubarak was going back home, the world is watching for an intervention in Syria and Libya is living a chaos. One cannot stop...
Why we can hope for no more pedophiles in Morocco
The Kingdom of Morocco has just lived one of the most intense weeks of its history. Here’s a brief about it...
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Morocco and Spain strengthening their relations
The second meeting for strengthening the excellent relations existing between Morocco and Spain ended on Wednesday in Rabat.
The latter had taken lunch on Wednesday...
Morocco: Bombardier Aerospace implanted in Nouaceur
The president of Bombardier Aerospace Guy Hachey was received Tuesday by King Mohammed VI in Rabat palace. The Canadian group in Morocco ...
Morocco’s constitutional reform process begins
Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taib Fassi Fihri, Monday night in Paris, highlighted a range of constitutional reforms initiated by King Mohammed VI as...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
Morocco: A King’s revolution
Though Libyans are yet to achieve a democratic revolution, the wave of pro-democracy ideologies blowing across the Arab world has forced Morocco to revise...
When revolution rocks North Africa and the Middle East
The wave of revolt currently rocking the foundations of the Afro-Arab world is unstoppable. Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Mauritania ... Encouraged by the Tunisian...
A domino effect in the Arab world after Tunisia?
The Tunisian revolt has created high hopes in the Arab world, which has long since been weaned from freedom and democracy. Will Arab countries...
Christmas jingle bells ring loud in Islamic North Africa
Santa has paved his merry way into the heart and soul of Northern Africa, a Muslim-majority region. Decorated Christmas trees, mistletoes and artificial snow...
NAPEO: A new North African and U.S. partnership
After meeting with government officials and entrepreneurs throughout North Africa, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez, says...
Morocco: Heavy rains disrupt transport, leave many dead
At least 34 people have been killed and many left wounded and homeless in Morocco after the Northern African country was hit by heavy...
African stocks triple on international exchanges
NYSE Euronext Inc. — the home of the New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges — has seen a threefold increase in the trading...
Western Sahara: Morocco incites potential for war
At six am on Monday 8th November, Moroccan armed military forces began a violent attack on one of the largest of Western Sahara's three...
Morocco’s militant hackers
They are militant hackers who have attacked sites in Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Israel... Their screen messages have been likened to messages on banners hoisted...
Morocco to host World Economic Forum on MENA
Morocco is preparing to host The World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to bring together policymakers,...
Running the gauntlet: Silent Saharawis protest on streets of Western Sahara
“They tore off my clothes leaving me naked in front of their ferocious eyes,” twenty year-old Nguia El Haouasi tells me describing an ordeal...
Human rights defenders beaten at Western Saharan airport
Four human rights defenders were injured, one seriously, by Moroccan police in Western Sahara after returning home from an international conference in Algiers yesterday....
Algeria-Morocco: Violent clash averted in Western Sahara stand-off
“I have just lived through one of the most terrifying experiences of my life” renowned Spanish actor Willy Toledo, tells me over the phone...
Morocco to host the African Cup of Nations?
Twenty years after hosting the African Cup of Nations, Morocco has left no stone unturned to bring the games back to the northern African...
The crescent: Islam’s accidental symbol
A self-proclaimed fundamentalist movement gave Moroccan pharmacists one month to dismantle the bright green crosses representative of the pharmaceutical industry in many countries around...
Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla inexorably Moroccan?
The aging population of Ceuta and Melilla and the exceptional fertility rates of its inhabitants of Moroccan descent are reversing the demographic trends in...
A Spanish flottila to call for Western Sahara independence from Morocco
Morocco and Spain, who have in recent times been involved in numerous diplomatic incidents, are to face their toughest test yet as Spanish and...
Diabetes: A rising trend?
It is thought that the number of diabetics across the world will increase by no less than 130% in the next 25 years!
This...
Rage over Saudi ban on Mecca pilgrimage for Moroccan women
Rage, incomprehension, accusations... Moroccan and foreign bloggers have multiplied attacks against Saudi Arabia after their decision, in early August, to ban young Moroccan women...
September 11, Terry Jones and the Koran
After having repeatedly changed his mind, the American pastor Terry Jones has finally laid his plans, to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday...
Morocco’s Al Adl wal Ihsan: The King’s Islamist canker
The families of seven members of the Islamist movement Al Adl wal Ihsan (Justice and Spirituality) announced on September 1 that they had filed...