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Morocco's top military officer meets Utah National Guard Adjutant General

Rabat - Upon instructions of HM King Mohammed VI, supreme chief and General chief of staff of the Royal armed forces (FAR), the General de corps, FAR inspector general and commander of the Southern...

Speaker of Morocco's upper chamber in Inter-parliamentary union's 130th Assembly in Geneva

Geneva - Speaker of Morocco's chamber of advisors, Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, is taking part in the 130th Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union taking place this March 16-20....

Un événement médical inédit au CHU de Marrakech

Rabat : Pour la première fois au Maroc, a été réalisée au CHU Mohammed VI de Marrakech, une greffe hépatique chez un enfant de 10 ans, à partir de donneur vivant, indique lundi un communiqué du...

Maroc : Réforme de la justice militaire, quand l’Etat de droit prend graduellement corps

Rabat : Le Roi Mohammed VI a présidé vendredi 14 mars, un conseil des ministres, durant lequel, il a été donné adoption, d’une batterie de réformes d’importance cruciale pour la construction de...

Belmadi appointed coach for Qatar football team

Doha - Algeria's Djamel Belmadi has been appointed as the head coach of Qatar's national team, the country's football governing body said Sunday....

Spain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco

Madrid - Spain on Sunday deported a Moroccan man after he completed a 10-year jail sentence for obtaining the explosives used in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, the government...

Tunisia police kill 3 suspected militants in raid near Algeria border

Tunis - Tunisia police shot and killed three suspected Islamist militants in a raid near the Algerian border, a security official said on Monday, days after Algerian troops reportedly killed seven...

Canizares wins by 5 strokes in Morocco

Agadir, Morocco — Alejandro Canizares of Spain completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Trophee Hassan II by shooting a 2-under 70 in the final round Sunday for a five-stroke win....

Algeria PM visits scene of deadly communal fighting

Algiers - Algeria's premier on Sunday visited a town on the edge of the Sahara where three people were killed in communal violence between Arabs and Berbers....

Spain's secretary of state for security expected this Monday in Morocco

Madrid - Spain's secretary of state for security, Francisco Martinez, is expected this Monday in Morocco, a Spanish official source announced....

Belgian deputy PM calls for reinforcing Morocco-EU ties beyond advanced status

Brussels - Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Joëlle Milquet called, on Saturday in Brussels, for fostering EU-Morocco relations that would go beyond the advanced status....

Abidjan speech, road map on role of economic diplomacy in Africa, Jeune Afrique

Paris - The speech by HM King Mohammed VI before the Moroccan-Ivorian economic forum in Abidjan is perceived as a royal road map which focuses on the role of economic diplomacy in Africa, wrote...

Over 14kg of cocaine seized in Mohammed V airport, police

Mohammed V airport (Casablanca) - The police services at the Mohammed V airport arrested, on Saturday, a sub-Saharan national carrying 14.280 kg of cocaine. The drug was hidden in the suitcase of...

Morocco's decisions on military justice and interactivity with human rights council: Spain welcomes a "positive headway"

Madrid - Spain welcomed on Sunday Morocco's decisions on military justice and swift handling of complaints and proposals of the Moroccan national human rights council (CNDH) as a "positive headway on...

"Le Marrakech", le bateau si cher au Roi Hassan II, bientôt mis aux enchères

France : Voilà bientôt deux ans et demi que Le Marrakech, le ferry qui fut si cher au Roi Hassan II, repose au port de Sète en France puisqu'il a été saisi avec le Biladi et le Bni Nsar, avec qui il...

Eight armed Islamists killed in Algeria

Algiers - Algerian forces killed eight armed Islamists on Friday, including a group of seven militants on the country's eastern border who had entered from Tunisia, security sources said....

Injury a real kick in the teeth for Tunisian midfielder Khazri

Tunisian international midfielder Wahbi Khazri, of Ligue 1 club SC Bastia, faces a spell on the sidelines after picking up a nasty facial injury in training, it was confirmed on Friday....

France urges Algeria to respect basic freedoms ahead of elections

Paris - France urged Algeria on Friday to respect the right to peaceful demonstrations and free expression after Algerian police stopped an opposition march this week ahead of presidential elections....

Soccer: Moroccan team reconsiders quitting over racism

Rome - A soccer team of Moroccan immigrants said Friday it has reconsidered quitting the minor Uisp league in the eastern city of Forli after enduring a steady stream of racist insults. To leave...

Minister: Israeli tourists to Tunisia lacked visas

Tunisia, Tunisia — The prevention of 14 Israeli tourists from disembarking from their Norwegian cruise ship in Tunisia was because they didn't have visas and had nothing to do with politics,...