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Moroccan protesters block Spanish enclave border
Demonstrators in Morocco blockaded a Spanish enclave for hours Thursday, restricting trucks from making food deliveries in a dispute over alleged police violence and racism against Moroccans entering the city....read more »
Morocco to close 1,250 unsafe mosques
Morocco's government says it will close 1,256 mosques deemed unsafe to avoid a repeat of the collapse of a minaret in February that killed 41 people.
The ministry of religious affairs said more than 500 mosques would be completely demolished and rebuilt....read more »
The ministry of religious affairs said more than 500 mosques would be completely demolished and rebuilt....read more »
Moroccan police break up 18-strong militant cell
The police in Morocco have broken up a cell of 18 radical Islamist militants who were planning a series of attacks in the country, officials have said.
Three of the suspects had previous convictions for terrorism, the interior ministry said in a statement....read more »
Three of the suspects had previous convictions for terrorism, the interior ministry said in a statement....read more »
Morocco breaks up radical Islamist cell: report
Category: General. Location: Morocco. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Thu, 12th Aug 2010.
Moroccan security forces broke up a radical Islamist cell that was planning attacks in Morocco, including on foreign targets, official media quoted the interior ministry as saying on Wednesday....read more »
Morocco to shut 1,000 mosques at risk of collapse
Morocco will shut more than 1,000 unsafe mosques in a bid to avoid a repeat of a minaret collapse in February that killed 41 people, the ministry of religious affairs said Tuesday....read more »
Moroccan king marks anniversary with clemency
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Thursday granted pardons or reduced sentences to nearly 1,000 people to mark his 11 years on the throne, the justice ministry said....read more »
Morocco to lease 30,000 hectares of farms per year
MEKNES, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco plans to lease 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of farmland per year to improve yields, satisfy growing national demand and boost export sales, its agriculture minister said on Thursday....read more »
Children of Morocco Olympic champion not abducted
Category: General. Location: Morocco. Source: BBC Posted by Afrakomah Chinery-Hesse on Wed, 3rd Feb 2010.
The children of a Moroccan Olympic champion say they fled from his house and were smuggled out of the country with the help of Norwegian diplomats.
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Morocco says Norway must punish wayward diplomats
Morocco is demanding that Norway punish diplomats who helped a Norwegian woman smuggle her two children out of the north African country against the wishes of their Moroccan father, Morocco's foreign minister said....read more »
Morocco, Polisario to resume informal Sahara talks
Morocco and Western Sahara's independence movement will resume talks next week to try to make headway in the 35-year dispute over the Northwest African territory, the United Nations said on Tuesday....read more »
Morocco demands legal action in custody row with Norway
Morocco on Tuesday demanded that legal action be taken against Norwegian diplomats who stepped into a child custody battle involving former Olympic champion Khalid Skah....read more »
Morocco to launch $2.5 bln high-speed train line
Morocco will start building a high-speed railway linking Tangier to its commercial capital Casablanca, the Transport Ministry said on Monday....read more »
Morocco accuses Algeria of blocking W.Sahara talks
Morocco has accused Algeria and the Polisario Front of blocking negotiations on the future of the Western Sahara, in a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, released Thursday in Rabat....read more »
Court closes Moroccan news weekly
The premises of Morocco's Journal Hebdomadaire (JH), an independent weekly based in Casablanca, have been sealed off by order of a bankruptcy court, staff on the paper said Thursday....read more »
Morocco human rights progress stopped in 2009: HRW
Human Rights Watch said years of progress on human rights in Morocco halted in 2009 and it criticised trials in which reporters and terrorism suspects were jailed....read more »
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Moroccan protesters block Spanish enclave border Morocco to close 1,250 unsafe mosques Moroccan police break up 18-strong militant cell Morocco breaks up radical Islamist cell: report Morocco to shut 1,000 mosques at risk of collapse Moroccan king marks anniversary with clemency Morocco to lease 30,000 hectares of farms per year Children of Morocco Olympic champion not abducted Morocco says Norway must punish wayward diplomats Morocco, Polisario to resume informal Sahara talks Morocco demands legal action in custody row with Norway Morocco to launch $2.5 bln high-speed train line Morocco accuses Algeria of blocking W.Sahara talks Court closes Moroccan news weekly Morocco human rights progress stopped in 2009: HRW Berbers in Morocco get their own TV channel Morocco convicts 14 on terror charges Moroccan court jails 14 militant Islamists: report Moroccan court frees journalists in drugs case Moroccan king names new interior minister in reshuffle Morocco court upholds royal reporting convictions Five killed as heavy rain, winds lash Morocco Morocco will not devalue currency to boost exports Morocco yields to pressure, activist back home UN Ban to press for more Sahara talks Western Sahara hunger striker refuses medical care Morocco demands apology from hunger strike activist Concert backs Gandhi of Sahara Concert backs Gandhi of Sahara Morocco wine-makers sniff success Let your stories be heard. Sign up here and start posting it live on Afrika SpeaksLatest Video
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