Hundreds of people have once again taken to the streets of the Moroccan capital Rabat to protest against corruption and call for economic and political reforms.
Thousands of Moroccan protesters have once again taken to the streets to express their anger over the anti-Islam movie produced by an Israeli-American in the United States.
20120905 AFP A bus plunged into a ravine in the Atlas mountains of southern Morocco early on Tuesday killing at least 42 people, a security official said, in the worst such accident recorded in the kingdom.
20120904 AFP Spanish security forces launched a night operation lasting into the early hours Tuesday to evict 73 immigrants from a tiny islet just off Morocco, officials said.
20120904 AFP A US human rights group on Monday accused Morocco of systematic human rights violations in Western Sahara, after visiting the disputed territory last week, saying its people live in a "state of fear."
20120903 AFP The closing ceremony of a youth congress for Morocco's ruling party went ahead in Tangier on Sunday, a day after being banned for security reasons, a senior party official said.
20120902 AFP Moroccan authorities banned the closing ceremony of the ruling party's youth conference that was due to be held on Saturday, citing "security concerns," a party official told AFP.
20120818 AFP Moroccan activists are calling for an ironically named "Celebration of loyalty to freedom and dignity" next week to protest an annual ceremony at which officials bow down before the king.
20120812 AFP Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Morocco's main cities to protest against corruption, the high cost of living and other causes of discontent, according to AFP reporters and witnesses.
20120811 AFP An unspecified number of security officials accused of corruption on Morocco's northern coast have been arrested as part of a judicial inquiry ordered by the king, government sources said on Friday.
20120731 Press TV Moroccan demonstrators have once again taken to the streets of the northern city of Tanjier to protest against high unemployment and social corruption in the country.
20120731 AFP Morocco's King Mohammed VI vowed on Monday to press ahead with reforms, including strengthening the independence of the judiciary and battling corruption, in a speech to mark 13 years on the throne.
20120709 AFP The call by a radical Moroccan imam for the death of a journalist who spoke out in defence of sexual freedom has ignited a fierce debate between Islamists and secularists in a country torn between modernity and religious tradition.
20120623 AFP A solar-powered plane early Friday completed a flight over the Moroccan desert to showcase renewable energy, as a key summit in Rio discussed "greening" the world economy.
20120605 AFP Hundreds of Moroccan women a day are resorting to backstreet abortions, a leading doctor has estimated, prompting calls for reform in a country where the termination of pregnancies remains illegal.
20120528 AFP Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Casablanca on Sunday in the largest opposition protest since an Islamist-led government took office, reflecting mounting tensions over unemployment and other social woes.
20120519 AFP UN envoy on Western Sahara Christopher Ross has called off plans to carry out his first official trip to the disputed territory, the UN said Friday after Morocco launched a strong attack on him.
20120518 AFP Morocco on Thursday said it had lost confidence in the United Nations' envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, claiming his work in the disputed region was "unbalanced and biased".