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Morocco has officially restored military service for young people aged between 19 and 25 years for 12 months. The Lower House of the Moroccan parliament Wednesday adopted with overwhelming majority the draft bill reinstating compulsory military service for young women and men aged 19 to 24. Only two MPs, member of the Federation of the […]
The murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains last week might not affect tourism in Morocco, as some people had predicted. Managers and employees at Danish travel agencies have said that they will continue sending more tourists to Morocco and will follow the instructions provided by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The […]
The French Development Agency (AFD) will extend the Moroccan Electricity and Drinking Water facility (ONEE) a €50 million loan to help it implement a program on the improvement of the performance and resilience of drinking water services in Morocco’s Northern provinces. Under the loan agreement, signed last week in Rabat, the ONEE will enlarge access […]
Japan’s top diplomat reaffirmed on Monday that his country’s government does not recognize the so-called “SADR”, which is armed, funded and sheltered by Algeria. At a press briefing held after meeting in Rabat his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono said his country’s position on the Sahara issue had been clearly […]
Seven years after the deadly bomb attack that wrecked the Argana cafe in Djemaa el-Fna square, a popular tourist spot in Marrakech, Morocco was targeted again by extremist “lone wolves” who killed lately two Scandinavian female tourists in the Atlas Mountains. Their horrible crime, which raised serious concerns over tourism sector in the North Africa […]
Morocco’s intelligence agency has helped its German and French counterparts to thwart serious terrorist plots that were targeting the airports of Charles de Gaulle and Stuttgart, according to German ZDF TV Channel. In a TV report, ZDF terrorism expert Elmar Theveßen said the “German and French intelligence services have foiled major terrorist acts that targeted […]
Moroccan law enforcement agents in Tangier have dismantled a human trafficking network Friday and arrested four suspects aged between 24 and 44. A statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said that the police arrested three Moroccans involved in human trafficking. The nationality of the fourth suspect is unspecified. Police also arrested 22 […]
The remains of the two Scandinavian backpackers who were killed near Imlil, in the Atlas Mountains, were repatriated, Friday, to Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital. Several local online media reported that the bodies of the two hikers who were found dead near their tent on Monday, were flown to Denmark Friday. The Norwegian embassy in Rabat confirmed […]
Moroccans from all walks of life have denounced the despicable murder of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains, expressing their sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland. In social media posts, Moroccan NGOs, politicians, intellectuals, artists, sport stars, traders, physicians, teachers, students, street vendors… joined their […]
US magazine, International Policy Digest, published Wednesday a long story on Moroccan-Algerian strained relations that hamper the integration of the Maghreb region and tried to analyze the ins and outs of this situation. The magazine came to the conclusion that the Algerian animosity toward Morocco “is exclusively the work of the Algerian military that controls […]