Rabat – In the past four years, Morocco has emerged as an indispensable actor on the African scene. While most analysts tend to credit this apparent paradigm shift to the country’s much-hyped 2017 return to the African Union, Moroccan politic...

Rabat – The German Embassy in Rabat has today announced it will stop issuing Schengen visas, citing COVID-19 concerns. While many embassies have implemented similar measures in the past, the move is noteworthy as Morocco’s COVID-19 epidemic h...

Rabat – Morocco’s health authorities have vaccinated one in ten of all Moroccans against COVID-19 since the start of its vaccination campaign. The national campaign has also provided 360,689 frontline workers with their second vaccination, ma...

Rabat – Morocco’s trade deficit was reduced by 32.7% to MAD 11.06 billion ($1.2 billion) in the first month of 2021, according to a foreign exchange regulator’s press release. Moroccan imports and exports dropped by 16% and 5.2%, respective...

Rabat – Morocco’s Minister of Human Rights Mustapha Ramid has announced he withdrew his resignation. In a Facebook post, the Moroccan official explained his reasons for reconsidering the decision. “I sent my resignation to the head of gover...

The Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN announced today that the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution proclaiming May 10th of each year as the International Day of Argania. This week, Morocco submitted a draft resolution, citing the import...

Rabat – Outraged fans of Egyptian football club Zamalek flooded social media platforms after news went viral of an exam question at Egypt’s University of Sohag’s law faculty presuming the death of Moroccan player Ashraf Bencharki. The quest...

Rabat – Is there a war going on in Western Sahara? Depending on the source, the answer can be a definite “yes,” or a chuckle-inducing “no.” Algeria and Polisario sources are claiming a true “hot war” is taking place on Morocco’s s...

Rabat – EU lawyers have just dealt a devastating blow to the Polisario Front’s attempts to contest the “legality” of EU-Morocco fisheries and agriculture agreements. In two recent hearings before the 9th Chamber of the European Court of J...

Rabat – Amidst a diplomatic spat between Germany and Morocco, the German foreign ministry summoned the Moroccan ambassador in Berlin for an urgent meeting. The news comes following Morocco’s decision to suspend all contact with Germany’s em...