Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
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Moroccan press blame PM Akhannouch for jobs “massacre”
Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco’s business tycoon Prime Minister estimated, by some accounts, to be the fifth richest man in Africa is...
Morocco’s Hammouchi decorated by France
Relations are continuing to improve between Paris and Rabat, barely weeks after Emmanuel Macron indicated to Morocco that he was...
Morocco: nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convicts pardoned
In a continued streak of clemency, Moroccan King Mohammed VI has pardoned nearly 5,000 people convicted or wanted on charges...
Israel’s liaison office quietly resumes operations in Morocco
Large parts of Moroccan society have voiced their discontent with Israel over its actions in Gaza since the start of...
Algeria blocks deportations from France over Western Sahara
Many saw Paris as offering Morocco an olive branch by recognising its claim of sovereignty over the Western Sahara, though...
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...
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...
