Category: Morocco

RNI kicks off talks to form coalition government

September 11, 2021

RNI started talks with other political parties to form the new government which the newly appointed head of the government Aziz Akhannouch said should be ... Read More

King Mohammed VI Appoints Aziz Akhannouch as Head of Government, Entrusts Him with Forming New Govt.

September 10, 2021

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, received on Friday at the Royal Palace in Fez, Aziz Akhannouch, president of the National ... Read More

PJD to join opposition after humiliating electoral failure

September 10, 2021

Morocco’s Islamist PJD party said it will join the opposition after leading the government for two consecutive terms. The Party’s general secretariat members said they ... Read More

Morocco: Islamist PJD party suffers crushing defeat in legislative elections

September 9, 2021

The September 8 elections in Morocco were propitious to the liberal RNI party, chaired by Aziz Akhannouch, as it won 102 seats in the 395-member ... Read More

Morocco: Major challenges awaiting next government

September 9, 2021

Several major economic and social challenges are awaiting the next government to be formed in Morocco following the landslide victory scored by the liberal parties ... Read More

US supports Morocco’s police narcotics investigation with vehicles, forensic lab test equipment

September 9, 2021

The United States donated Tuesday several vehicles and forensic lab test equipment to Morocco’s national Police to facilitate drug trafficking investigations and other operations. The ... Read More

Moroccan King’s commitment to preserving Moroccan-Jewish culture, history, heritage hailed by IMA President

September 9, 2021

President of the Paris-based Arab World Institute (IMA), Jack Lang, paid tribute to King Mohammed VI for his "strong" and "continuous" commitment to the preservation ... Read More

Victory for the RNI, crushing defeat for PJD Islamists in Morocco’s parliamentary elections

September 9, 2021

Moroccan social democrat party RNI won a slight majority, followed by its PAM counterpart, and conservative Istiqlal in the parliamentary elections in which voters dealt ... Read More

Morocco-2021 Elections: Higher turnout than in 2016 reflects Moroccans’ desire for change

September 9, 2021

The turnout rate of the legislative, regional and local elections held Sept.08 in Morocco reached 50.35 pc, a rate higher than the 43% turnout in ... Read More

Morocco-2021 Elections: US Embassy congratulates Morocco

September 8, 2021

The United States Embassy in Rabat has congratulated Morocco on successfully holding the general elections this Wednesday sept. 8. This came in a tweet posted ... Read More