Mohamed VI

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Morocco Detains Four As Rif Protests Persist

Moroccan police have detained four people in northern Morocco, an official and an activist said, as protests continued...

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Protesters and Police Clash In Northern Morocco

Protesters clashed with security forces in Morocco's Al-Hoceima early on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported, after...

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Morocco Minister Defends Crackdown On Protest Movement

Morocco's interior minister on Tuesday in parliament defended a recent crackdown on a protest movement against...

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Morocco Protesters Remain Defiant

Protesters in northern Morocco have remained defiant for a second week, taking their anger over unemployment and...

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Thousands Rally In Morocco For Release of Protest Leader

Several thousand people took to the streets in Morocco after dark on Tuesday to demand the release of the leader of...

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Morocco Arrests Leader of Northern Protest Movement

Authorities in Morocco on Monday arrested the fugitive leader of a protest movement that has shaken the country's...

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Third Night of Protests In Northern Morocco

Protesters have rallied for a third night running in Morocco's city of Al-Hoceima, in a northern region of the country...

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Morocco’s Christian Converts Emerge From the Shadows

Moroccans who secretly converted to Christianity are demanding the right to practise their faith openly in a country...

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UN Eyes New Talks On Western Sahara After Polisario Pullback

The United Nations set its sights on restarting political talks on the disputed territory of Western Sahara after the...

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UN Chief Urges New Bid To End Western Sahara Dispute

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western...

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Morocco’s King Regains Upper Hand With New Cabinet

Morocco's new government is set to be dominated by officials close to the palace despite the premier hailing from the...

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Morocco King Names New Government

Morocco's King Mohamed VI on Wednesday named a new government headed by a member of the ruling Islamist party,...

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Morocco’s Tangiers To Host Chinese Industrial City

Morocco and China's Haite Group signed an agreement on Monday to launch an industrial park near Tangiers for 200...

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UN Envoy For Western Sahara Quits

The UN envoy for Western Sahara has resigned after leading efforts for eight years to settle the conflict between...

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Trade Rises As Tensions Ease On WSahara Contested Road

Trade has picked up on a contested road in Western Sahara on Morocco's border with Mauritania after tensions eased...

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Polisario Dismisses Morocco Pullback As ‘window Dressing’

Polisario separatists have dismissed as "window dressing" Morocco's announcement of a pullback from a zone of the...

International

Morocco Readmited Into the African Union After Three Decades

Morocco has been readmitted into the African Union on Monday since it left in 1984 after the organisation’s...