Morocco News

Low-cost carrier easyJet PLC said Wednesday that it will open new services from London to Israel and Morocco later this year.

Moroccan authorities said they have disbanded a five-member criminal ring involved in the international drug dealing, which included the brother of a top opposition Islamist movement figure, local press reported on Tuesday.

A scene from 'Lalon,' directed by Tanvir Mokammel. 'Lalon,' along with other Mokammel films were recently screened in Morocco; Tanvir Mokammel Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi For director Tanvir Mokammel, it was not only a time to judge others' films but also have his own works evaluated by others.

Rabat: US President Barack Obama voiced hope Morocco can play a leading role in bringing Arabs and Israelis together in order to solve the conflict in the Middle East.

The Moroccan elections of two weeks ago brought surprising results and were received with mixed reactions, as Hisham pointed out in this post.A One such result was the election of a woman to the position of mayor in Marrakesh for the very first time.A Fatima Zahra Mansouri, who studied law, is only the second woman to ever hold the position in ...

Morocco is opting to prosecute the alleged mastermind of Britain's biggest-ever cash robbery, rather than send him back for trial, a judicial source says.

RABATa 'If you want an antidote to the photographs of policemen beating demonstrators and girls dying on the streets of the Iranian capital, take a drive through the streets of the Moroccan capital.

A Wausau television journalist says her recent trip to Morocco made her appreciate even more the American press freedoms she enjoys.

Four suspected Islamic extremists were remanded in custody by Morocco's anti-terrorist court on Monday, following their arrest last week, the interior ministry said.

The Secretary-General's Personal Envoy trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status Western Sahara is on his way to Morocco, following a visit to Algeria, a spokesperson for the United Nations said today.

By richard bath OKAY, maybe you have saved a fortune by buying EasyJet flights. Perhaps Auntie Hilda has left you a wad of cash that's burning a hole in your pocket.

Morocco is a little larger than California and home to about 35 million people. Morocco is a constitutional monarchy and more than 98% of the Moroccan population is Muslim.

WHEN the ad campaigns are full of dazzling blue skies and sun-drenched desert, it's not hard to feel a bit cheated when we arrive in rain-soaked Marrakech.

RABAT: Morocco's main independent human rights body on Wednesday said major violations were perpetrated last year in the name of justice in the North African kingdom.

An extradition request for a martial arts expert arrested in connection with Britain's biggest cash robbery has been rejected by Morocco, Sky sources say.

More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency , asking to be moved to another country because their rights are not respected in Morocco.

" I am honored to lead Marrakech city hall,I hope to be able to measure up to this new challenge " Fatima Zahra Mansouri A 33-year-old lawyer on Monday became the first woman to be elected mayor of Marrakech, one of Morocco's biggest cities and a key tourist destination.

WHEN the ad campaigns are full of dazzling blue skies and sun-drenched desert, it's hard not to feel a bit cheated when we arrive in rain-soaked Marrakech.

The Dacia Sandero is now being built in Morocco for the North African market. The Sandero, from Renault's Romanian subsidiary, is a hatchback sibling to the globally popular low-cost Logan.

The extension to Tanger-Med would make it the biggest port in the Mediterranean and enable the north African country to capture a bigger slice of container traffic through the Strait of Gibraltar that links the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.