France on Tuesday said it would sharply reduce the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return.

Lhamzi is one of a new generation of artists whose murals are changing the face of Morocco's cities.

Morocco took delivery earlier this month of Turkish combat drones, the Far-Maroc unofficial website dedicated to military news reported.

The international team discovered more than 60 tools in Contrebandiers (Smugglers) Cave, less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the North African country's capital.

  Algeria said Wednesday it has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes due to "provocations and hostile practices" by its neighbour, in the latest dispute between the countries at odds mainly over Western Sahara. The move comes after Algeria broke off diplomatic ties with Morocco on August 24, accusing...

Moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party said it would swtich to the 'natural' position as opposition.

The virtual meeting of the US Secretary of State with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco marks a full embrace of what former United States president Donald Trump considered one of his top foreign policy legacies. Trump broke long taboos in Middle East diplomacy to...

On September 15, 2020, the UAE became the first Gulf nation to establish formal relations with the Jewish state

The Justice and Development Party which headed the ruling coalition for a decade saw its support collapse from 125 seats in the outgoing assembly to just 12

King Mohammed VI will name a prime minister from the party that leads the parliamentary poll to govern for the next five years

The project will involve building 10 hyperscale data centres, in 10 countries, over the next two years at a cost of more than US$500m

IsDB also contributed to Covid-19 relief in 2020, where it approved financing of around $2.3 billion.

Even as the GCC countries dither to embrace cryptocurrencies, the UAE has made some significant strides in this regard.

Algeria blamed the Moroccan support for one of the groups which seeks autonomy in Algeria's Kabylie region

The operating contract for the Moroccan section of the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, which links fields in Algeria with Spain, runs out in October

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to meet on Wednesday with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, and open a diplomatic representation on Thursday in the capital Rabat

Morocco was one of four Arab states to agree last year to normalize ties with Israel, along with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan

With the delta variant of the coronavirus striking most parts of the Middle East and North Africa region, Morocco, battling a surge in the infections, has decided to lengthen its night curfew.

About 100 passengers were on the flight that departed from Tel Aviv to Marrakesh. Two to three flights per week are planned on the route

The vessels Morocco is interested in are European multi-purpose frigates, better known as FREMM, an acronym derived from their French-language name Morocco is already in talks with Fincantieri, an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste in the European country, in this regard Morocco is reportedly interested in buying two multi-purpose...

The country will invest $500m to produce 5 million doses a month Africa's first national vaccination program aimed at inoculating 80 percent of the population Morocco will be producing the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm locally, involving an investment of around $500 million, a report said. About 5 million doses could...

  Travelers to Europe must be inoculated with the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines The Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm have been the most widely used on the African continent Europe is gradually re-opening to vaccinated travelers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such...

  Morocco to transition to renewable source of energy The country will team up with the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency to speed up the energy transition Morocco has set its sights on becoming a major green hydrogen producer, and in this regard it will be working with the...

World Bank approves $100 million to help Morocco withstand natural disasters This is in addition to an existing $200 million funding to improve the country’s institutional capacity for disaster risk management The World Bank Saturday approved $100 million in additional financing to help Morocco strengthen its ability to withstand the...

Burkina Faso, DRC  and Morocco are the latest to join  More than half of African nations are now members of AFC Africa Finance Corporation, one of the region’s biggest investors in infrastructure development, Wednesday announced that it has exceeded 30 member states, representing more than half the continent. Membership by...

Germany will host peace talks later this month in Berlin Libya is seeking to extricate itself from a decade of chaos and conflict that followed the toppling of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising Searching for a political solution to the troubled country of Libya may not be...

Murban is a leading investment company based in Abu Dhabi with Dh1.7 billion in equity The acquisition will help accelerate Alpha Dhabi’s diversification strategy  Alpha Dhabi Holding, one of the fastest-growing construction companies in the region and a subsidiary of IHC, said it has fully acquired Murban, a privately-owned company....

Ghali has been receiving treatment for Covid-19 in northern Spain since April Morocco said the 75-year-old had entered Spain with forged documents Earlier this week, Moroccan authorities allowed around 10,000 migrants to cross from Morocco into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, which had already led to flared tempers.  Ghali,...

Industry minister Elalamy says country capable of producing high-quality vehicles with a 60% content rate Automotive exports total nearly $9b in 2019 and nearly the same in 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic  Automotive sector is Morocco's leading export sector and the country is capable of manufacturing high-quality vehicles with a content...