Taha Oualidat, arrested last September in Switzerland, was extradited to France on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of 19-year-old Philippine. The undocumented Moroccan national was detained at the Annemasse border and (...)
A new educational initiative called «Les Etoiles du Petit Prince» (The Little Prince's Stars) will tour Morocco from November 7-17, 2024, bringing astronomy education to primary and secondary schools in the country's southern and eastern (...)
At the UN Security Council, several countries urged Morocco to allow the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to resume visits to the Sahara. «The Council has intensified its call for enhancing cooperation with the Office of the UN (...)
From the small town of Tamegroute, Elhousine Elazzaoui grew up accustomed to walking long distances as a child to reach his school. Those daily journeys, which reflected his determination, turned into strides on the tracks of international trail (...)
Morocco's National Office for Food Safety and Health (ONSSA) has authorized imports of fresh, frozen, and chilled red meat from specific countries to help stabilize supply and address rising prices.
Imports of sheep and goat meat are allowed from (...)
Tourism professionals in Marrakech express concerns over unverified service providers on GetYourGuide, noting that it affects competition and the overall quality of tourism experiences. They suggest that improved verification processes and stronger (...)
Morocco ranked 136th in the 2024 Nature Conservation Index, which evaluates countries' efforts to protect their natural environments, particularly in areas like land management, biodiversity threats, and conservation capacity.
Morocco ranked 136th (...)
The British University of Sheffield (270 km north of London) has launched the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC), led by Moroccan professor Mimoun Azzouz.
The center of excellence, inaugurated on Wednesday in the presence of (...)
Switzerland, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in October, has scheduled three meetings to address the Sahara question. The program published on Tuesday includes a meeting on October 10, during which the UN (...)
Morocco ranked 66th globally in the 2024 Global Innovation Index, performing notably well in creativity and exceeding expectations for lower-middle-income countries. The report also highlighted Morocco's rapid rise in the rankings over the past (...)
On Tuesday, September 24, a 22-year-old Moroccan national was arrested at the Geneva train station in Switzerland for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student in France. The victim's body was found lifeless in the Bois (...)
The Tindouf camps have experienced heavy rainfall over the past 48 hours. Losses were recorded, particularly in the makeshift dwellings of destitute Sahrawis living in the «Dakhla camp», located on Algerian territory, approximately 200 km from the (...)
Rachid Talbi Alami, Speaker of Morocco's House of Representatives, met with South Africa's National Assembly Speaker Angela Thokozile Didiza to discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation. While Didiza expressed interest in deepening ties, relations (...)
Since Wednesday, August 14, Abuja has been hosting a conference on the End of Decolonization in Africa». A Polisario delegation, led by its self-proclaimed representative in Switzerland, Oubi Bachir, is participating in the event.
The organizers are (...)
A recent Pew Research Center survey found that Moroccans are among the most religious people globally, ranking 13th in importance of religion and 28th in daily prayer frequency.
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center, an independent organization (...)
For the first time, Morocco has legally exported cannabis. A shipment of resin, with less than 1% THC (the psychoactive molecule), was sold for between 1,400 and 1,800 euros per kilogram, destined for Switzerland in the second quarter of the year, (...)
In the Tindouf camps, Bashir Mustapha Sayed's warning about the «disappearance of the Polisario Front» was echoed by another senior official, Oubi Bachir. Claiming to be the Front's representative in Switzerland, Oubi Bachir expressed his concern on (...)
The escape of a notorious Italian fugitive has triggered an international manhunt. Italian media reports reveal that entrepreneur Giacomo Bozzoli is believed to have fled to Morocco by boat from Spain. In 2015, Bozzoli was sentenced to life (...)
قدمت الدورة الخامسة لمهرجان الرباط الدولي لفيلم الكوميديا، الذي أقيم في الرباط، في سينما عصر النهضة الأسطورية، مجموعة استثنائية من 18 فيلما قصيرا و 9 أفلام طويلة من 13 بلدا. وإلى جانب العروض، نظم المهرجان العديد من اللقاءات عبر الإنترنت مع مخرجي (...)
Sixteen West African crocodiles, reared at Lausanne's Aquatis Aquarium, were transported to Morocco on Wednesday, June 12, to begin a gradual reintroduction into their natural environment.
According to the Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA, the young (...)
The Institute for Economics and Peace placed Morocco 78th globally out of 163 countries in its 2024 Global Peace Index, up from 84th last year (on Tuesday, June 11th).
The Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) published its 18th (...)
On June 1st, Morocco took a new step in the emergence of a domestic military industry. This development alarms Algeria, reflected in the launch of a disinformation campaign by an official media outlet aimed at discrediting Morocco's ambition, by (...)
Switzerland supports a «just, lasting and mutually acceptable» solution to the Sahara issue, President of the Swiss National Council Eric Nussbaumer said during his visit to Rabat on Tuesday.
«Switzerland supports the efforts of the United Nations (...)
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs affirmed that no official representation of the Polisario Front exists either at the United Nations Office at Geneva or with the Federal Council (Swiss government).
In a verbal note addressed to the (...)
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) announces an unprecedented partnership with the world leader in travel, TripAdvisor, with the aim of boosting Morocco's tourism industry. The official signing took place at TripAdvisor's headquarters in (...)