Morocco: IS Militant Plotting Shoe Bombing Attack Arrested

A Moroccan man affiliated to the Islamic State group (IS) plotting a shoe bombing attack has been arrested by the Moroccan countre-terrorist forces after failing to join the terrorist organization in Irak, and Syria, reports say. Counter-terrorism forces of National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) netted the IS sympathizer at Oued Laou, near the […]

Morocco: Fuel price caps opposes government to competition council

On the same day the competition council issued a scathing report criticizing the government’s plan to set caps on fuel prices, governance minister responded by discarding the report as political. The council said capping fuel prices would not be beneficial to the Moroccan economy and citizen’s purchasing power. The council also called for more structural […]

Moroccan delegation heads to Geneva to take part in Second round of talks on Sahara

The Moroccan delegation heads to Geneva this Wednesday to participate in a second roundtable on the Sahara, organized by the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Horst Köhler, March 21-22. Besides the Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, delegations from Algeria, the Polisario, and Mauritania, will take part in the meeting. This second roundtable […]