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King of Morocco sacks ministers over Rif region

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Tuesday sacked three ministers because of "delays in development programmes" in the troubled northern Rif region, the palace said.

UN envoy in Morocco begins talks on Western Sahara

The new UN envoy for disputed Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, was visiting Morocco on Monday as part of a regional tour aimed at restarting stalled peace talks between Rabat and the pro-independence Polisario Front.

Supplier of Barcelona attackers arrested in Morocco

Moroccan authorities have arrested a man suspected of supplying gas canisters to a jihadist cell that carried out a double attack in Catalonia earlier this month that killed 16 people, a source from the Spanish investigation said.

Nigeria protests Morocco’s plan to join ECOWAS

Nigeria appears to be skeptical about Morocco's bid to join the West African Sub-regional body ECOWAS and is reluctant in seeing it gain a membership, DW reports.

Barcelona attack suspect shot dead

Spanish police have confirmed the man shot in an operation outside Barcelona is Younes Abouyaaqoub - the chief suspect in the van attack in the city last Thursday.

Morocco to bid to host 2026 World Cup

The Moroccan Football Federation has announced it will bid to host the 2026 World Cup.

Over a thousand detainees pardoned by Moroccan king

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Saturday pardoned more than a thousand detainees, some of whom were under arrest for taking part in protests...

Protesters defy ban in tense northern Moroccan town

Moroccan demonstrators frustrated over inequality and corruption are defying a police ban and holding a protest in a northern city that has become a...

US laptop ban lifted in Egypt and Morocco

Egypt and Morocco's airlines have said a ban against carry-on laptops on US-bound flights has been lifted, leaving only two Saudi airports under the...

Boy travels to Spain from Morocco under bus

A boy travelled at least 230km from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus, officials said Monday, in another example of desperate measures taken...

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