October 28

• Morocco: French Authorities Ban Protest Against Moroccan Regime

  French authorities have banned a planned demonstration today in front of the castle belonging to the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in Betz, a small village north-east of Paris. Read more »

October 27

• Morocco: France Bans Protest Against King

  French authorities have banned a planned demonstration today in front of the castle belonging to the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in Betz, a small village north-east of Paris. Read more »

April 9

• Morocco: French Man Serves Five Months in Jail for Having the Wrong Name

  A Frenchman has been freed after spending nearly five months in a Moroccan jail for having the wrong name. Rachid Alamin was accused of being a drug-smuggler in a case for which a... Read more »

November 29, 2011

• Morocco: Moroccan King Summons Islamist Leader to Form Government

  The head of Morocco's Islamist party, Abdelilah Benkirane, is has been summoned by King Mohammed VI to discuss forming a new government, officials of the Justice and Development... Read more »

November 26, 2011

• Morocco: Islamist Party Claims Election Victory

  Morocco's main Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party claims it has won more than 100 out of 395 seats in parliament, in polls described by the party as a "historic... Read more »

November 25, 2011

• Morocco: Low Voter Turnout Expected As Citizens Head to the Polls

  Moroccans are voting in the country's first legislative election since the constitution was reformed to give parliament more power. The election, the second in north Africa since... Read more »

July 26, 2011

• Morocco: Military Plane Crash Kills At Least 30

  More than 30 people died Tuesday when a Moroccan military plane crashed into a mountainside near Guelmim in the south of the country, the interior ministry said. Read more »

July 2, 2011

• Morocco: Opposition Protests As Voters Approve New Constitution

  Morocco's opposition 20 February Movement has called a demonstration on Sunday after the government announced that 98 per cent of voters had voted "yes" to proposed constitutional... Read more »

July 1, 2011

• Morocco: Dissidents Boycott Vote on New Constitution

  Morocco's King Mohammed VI has voted in the constitutional referendum he initiated after months of protests inspired by the Arab Spring. The youth-based 20 February Movement, which... Read more »

June 18, 2011

• Morocco: Activists Reject King's Reforms

  Morocco's February 20 Movement has called for nationwide protests on Sunday against the reforms put forward by King Mohammed VI. Read more »

June 2, 2011

• Morocco: Paris Prosecutor Probes Former Minister's Paedophile Orgy Claims

  Prosecutors in Paris have opened an inquiry into allegations that a former French minister was caught sexually abusing young boys at an orgy in Morocco. Read more »

May 8, 2011

• Morocco: Thousands Protest in Marrakesh After Cafe Bombing

  About 7,000 demonstrators marched through the Moroccan city of Marrakesh Sunday to condemn last week's bombing there and demand that democratic reforms should not be stalled... Read more »

May 6, 2011

• Morocco: Marrakesh Bomb Suspect Was Expelled From Libya

  The main suspect in last month's bomb attack in Marrakesh had previously been expelled from both Libya and Portugal, the Moroccan interior minister told reporters on Friday.... Read more »

April 28, 2011

• Morocco: Marrakesh Blast Suicide Bombing - Reports

  An explosion in a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh Thursday, which killed 14 people, could have been the work of a suicide bomber, a local official said. Read more »

March 24, 2011

• Algeria/Morocco: Fifty Injured in Soccer Ticket Frenzy

  Up to 50 people, including five police officers, were injured in jostling in the Algerian town of Annaba as football fans rushed to buy tickets for the CAN 2012 qualifier match... Read more »

February 27, 2011

• Western Sahara: Protests Against Moroccan Violence

  Protesters gathered Saturday in the centre of Dakhla in the disputed territory of Western Sahara to protest against police inaction when Moroccan youths went on a violent rampage... Read more »

February 22, 2011

• Morocco: Five Dead in Violence After Demos, Minister Says

  Five bodies were found in a bank set on fire during unrest that erupted after demonstrations in Morocco on the weekend, the government said Monday. Read more »

February 21, 2011

• Morocco: Thousands March for Change

  Several thousand people rallied in fourteen Moroccan cities on Sunday, demanding political reform and limits on the powers of King Mohammed VI. Read more »

January 20, 2011

• Morocco: Parliament to Adopt Law Against Football Hooliganism Soon

  A law introducing prison sentences and fines for football violence in Morocco will be adopted by parliament shortly, an official said on Thursday. Read more »

December 10, 2010

• Morocco: France Flogs High-Speed TGV Trains to Morocco

  France has finalised a 400-million-euro deal to supply Morocco with high-speed TGV trains. The French group Alstom is to provide the north African country with 14 high speed train... Read more »