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In the scorching heat of Morocco’s Rif mountains, Abderrahman Talbi tends his cannabis plants without the fear that has haunted farmers here for generations. “I can now say I am a cannabis farmer without fear,” he tells Reuters. “Peace of mind has no price.” Two years after Morocco legalized cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial […]
Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita told his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok that freedom of speech and protest in Al Hoceima is a domestic issue and should not be part of any diplomatic agenda between the two countries. Blok, who paid a visit to Rabat last week, had made in a joint press conference with Bourita […]
Morocco rejected the accusations by Reporters without Borders (RSF) on press freedom in the Rif region, saying that allegations concerning obstacles to reporters are “biased, unfounded and lacking in credibility and proof.” This came in a statement by the Culture and Communication Ministry in charge of accrediting national and international reporters in the country after […]
On the occasion of the celebration of Throne Day, King Mohammed VI delivered a speech that blamed public officials for their low performance and for the delay witnessed in the implementation of a set of social projects in Morocco’s different regions. The speech was in line with the aspirations of the Moroccan citizen to an […]
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is to launch as of July 10 two new flights to the port city of Al Hoceima, in the restive Rif region at the request of the tourism ministry. The two new flight routes; Casablanca-Al Hoceima and Tangier-Al Hoceima will be operational next Monday, in a move to […]
King Mohammed VI criticized, at the Ministers’ Council he chaired in Casablanca on Sunday, several ministers for the delay in the delivery of a set of development and social projects included in the Al Hoceima Lighthouse of the Mediterranean program. Long before the wave of popular protests outbroke in the Rif, King Mohammed VI Launched […]
Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron started a friendship and working visit to Morocco on June 14 in response to an invitation from King Mohammed VI. Macron landed in Rabat airport accompanied by his spouse Brigitte. He afterwards held a press conference following talks with King Mohammed VI on a range of issues of mutual […]