Politics
Morocco arrests 35 Al Qaeda
afrol News, 3 July - Moroccan police have arrested 35 alleged recruiters for Al-Qaeda operations in Algeria and Iraq, accusing them of planning attack in the country, Moroccan officials have said. Read more
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Human rights | Society | Media
Morocco bans official truth commission quotes
afrol News, 20 June - Yesterday, a Rabat court ordered the Arabic-language daily 'Al Jarida Al Oula' to stop publishing hitherto unpublished testimony about repression under the late King Hassan II, which senior officials gave to an official truth commission called the Equity and Reconciliation Panel (IER).
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Economy - Development
Moroccan economy must reform to face global challenges
afrol News, 11 June - Recent economic developments are encouraging and demonstrate the resilience of the Moroccan economy to shocks, however, as the country's economy continues to open up and undergoes a structural transformation, a flexible exchange rate regime would give macroeconomic management additional flexibility, International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said at the end of its mission in Rabat yesterday. Read more
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Politics
Mauritania denies shifting side in Sahara conflict
afrol News, 6 June - Mauritanian officials have emphasised they are not shifting sides towards Morocco in the conflict over Western Sahara, contrasting media reports originating in Morocco. Mauritania's relatively new government confirms it is to stay neutral in the conflict and maintain its recognition of the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Culture - Arts | Society
Algerian singer Khaled "assaulted in Morocco"
afrol News, 6 June - The Algerian press reports that world famous raï singer Khaled, an Algerian national, was assaulted by spectators while holding a concert in the Moroccan city Meknes. The assault is seen in connection with Khaled's waving of a Western Sahara flag at a recent concert in Spain.
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Media | Politics
Morocco "winning Sahara propaganda war"
afrol News, 23 May - International media are increasingly siding with the 1975 Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara, despite human rights violations that has left thousands Sahrawi population destitute in Algerian refugee camps. Pro-Sahrawi pressure groups demonstrate how Morocco slowly is winning the propaganda war.
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Politics
Morocco "planning military attack on Sahara"
afrol News, 21 May - According to press reports in Spain, the government and army of Morocco are making preparations for a military attack on the territories controlled by Western Sahara's Polisario Front since a UN-brokered ceasefire in 1991. The alleged "preparations" are to be a reaction to the increased civilian activities by Polisario in its "liberated territories".
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society | Travel - Leisure
Morocco urged to probe migrant deaths
afrol News, 13 May - Moroccan authorities have been urged to "immediately investigate" allegations that its naval forces sank a boat in the Mediterranean resulting to the drowing of at least 28 migrants. Read more
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Economy - Development
Algeria to export power through Morocco
afrol News, 12 May - Algeria's state-owned gas and electricity company, Sonelgaz, has confirmed its plan to export electricity to Spain through the territory of the national archrival, Morocco. Morocco's power grid would thus be connected to Algeria.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Labour
Morocco's fatal blaze blamed on greed
afrol News, 30 April - Unionists have blamed a fatal fire on Morocco's Rosamor Ameublements matress and furniture in Casablanca to employer greed and official negligence. At least 55 industrial workers - including 35 women - died in the fire incident.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights
W. Sahara talks continues
afrol News, 20 March - The fourth round of the United Nations-led talks over the status of Western Sahara ended in Manhasset, the outskirts of New York, with Morocco and Polisario Front pledging to continue negotiations at a future date. Read more
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Politics | Society | Gay - Lesbian | Human rights
Activists petition Morocco
afrol News, 27 February - The government of Morocco has been petitioned to repeal a repressive law that provides prison terms for consensual homosexual actions as well as protect the rights to privacy and fair trial.
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Politics | Society
Morocco collapse kills 11
afrol News, 17 January - A two-storey residential building under construction collapsed in the Moroccan city of Khenitra, 40km North of the capital Rabat, on Wednesday, killing 11 people, state authorities confirmed. Read more
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