With a landslide victory, Nizar Baraka was elected new Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, succeeding his archrival Hamid Chabat. Nizar Baraka, c...

Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh Promotes Women Entrepreneurship at G20
Leading Moroccan businesswoman and president of the Moroccan Confederation of Businesses (CGEM), Meriem Chaqroun Bensaleh, took the stage at the G20 S...

Morocco’s Aicha Chenna Wins Monte Carlo Woman of the Year Award
Aicha Chenna, a Moroccan civil society activist defending for more than five decades the rights of unwed mothers and their babies to a decent life, ha...

Morocco Green Lights Appointment of Kohler, new UNSG Envoy for Sahara
Morocco has given its green light for the appointment of Horst Kohler, former German President (2004-2010), as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary ...

Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names Abdallah Laroui “Cultural Personality of the Year”
The Moroccan historian and scholar, Abdallah Laroui, has been named “Cultural Personality of the Year” by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and will ...

Moroccan Najat Rochdi Gets another High Profile UN Job
Moroccan Najat Rochdi has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as his new Deputy Special Representative for the UN Mult...

Morocco: Rabat’s AU Ambassador, Close Look
It is now three days since the kingdom became member of the African Union (AU). Who is the diplomat occupying Morocco’s strategic seat? The choice fel...

Tunisia: Female Hele Beji Wins French Acedemy’s Hervé Deluen Grand Prix
Tunisian female writer Hele Beji has been crowned winner of the famous French Academy Award Hervé Deluen Grand Prix for her exceptional efforts for th...

Leïla Slimani, First Moroccan Woman to Win Prestigious Prix Goncourt
Moroccan-French 35 year-old journalist and writer Leila Slimani has been crowned winner of the French most prestigious literary award Prix Goncourt 20...

Akhannouch, New Secretary General of National Rally for Independents
Aziz Akhannouch was elected new secretary General of the National Rally for Independents succeeding Salah Eddine Mezouar who presented his resignation...