Morocco steeplechase runner keeps gold, despite injuries
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali kept his Olympic 3000m steeplechase title on August 7th to become just the third Arab to...
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Finland backs Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
King Mohammed VI’s push for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara gained more momentum from the international community on August 6th,...
Macron offers Morocco king olive branch over Sahara
A three year row between France and Morocco seems to have ended, following a bold move by Emmanual Macron to...
Morocco king frees imprisoned journalists and intellectuals
Three journalists and an intellectual were pardoned and released from prison on July 29 by King Mohammed VI, reports AFP. Known...
Morocco: Cannabis sector booming with drought-resilient seed
As much of Morocco's countryside lays bare in its sixth consecutive year of drought, a new drought-resilient variant of the...
Morocco: deadly heatwave claims 21 lives
The Moroccan Heath Ministry announced that at least 21 people had been killed within a 24-hour period in the central...
Morocco prepares to launch “e-dirham” digital currency
Morocco is preparing to launch the "e-dirham", the first kind of digital currency in the country with hopes of reforming...
Morocco: Former minister Ziane sentenced to 5 years in jail
On July 20th, Moroccan opposition figure and former minister Mohamed Ziane was sentenced to five years in prison, according to...
Hamza Aboulfeth: “I’m not an eccentric”
From internet web hosting, creating his own company at age 17, opening his own restaurants, beating cancer and publishing his...
Morocco: drought devastates farmers’ livelihoods
With more than one-third of Morocco’s total cultivated area lying unused due to arid conditions, farmers see their job opportunities...
Morocco buys spy satellites from Israel for 1$bn
Against the backdrop of war between Israel and Hamas, Morocco plans to buy a spy satellite from Israeli Aerospace Industries...
Iran arms Polisario Front, raising tensions with Morocco
“La Revue Afrique” published a report on July 7th claiming that Iran had provided the Polisario Front with a new...
‘Medusa’ project set to bring 5G internet to Maghreb
Middle East Monitor and agencies reported on July 7th that the $370 million Medusa project is set to establish the...
Elisabeth Myers: Will Labour scrap UK recognition of Moroccan Sahara?
After a resounding victory over the incumbent Conservative Party, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer entered 10 Downing Street on July...
Ignacio Cembrero: The dark side of Morocco diplomacy with EU
As previously covered here, Morocco's endevours internationally with press management and diplomacy appear to fall short of any notable achievement...
