Morocco is reportedly set to rejoin the African Union (AU) after leaving the pan-African organization more than three decades ago.

Morocco says the US State Department's report on human rights in the North African kingdom is a list of inventions and even lies.

Moroccan naval forces have retrieved the bodies of at least 11 African refugees after their boat capsized off the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean, a local media report says.

In tribute to Aylan Kurdi, a number of Moroccans lay on the ground motionless similar to the three-year-old Syrian boy, whose tiny body washed up on the Turkish shore last week. Aylan’s picture, lying face down with red and blue clothing in the cold surf created a viral media sensation.

Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt Mohammed Saad Alami has reportedly returned to his country amid rising tensions between Rabat and Cairo.

Eleven people have been killed by floods triggered by torrential rain in Morocco, just a week after a heavy storm left 36 dead.

Six suspects have been arrested in Morocco after a video showed masked men pledging allegiance to the ISIL terror group, which is wreaking havoc on Iraq and Syria.

Morocco has summoned the French ambassador to Rabat in protest at a French court ruling over allegations of complicity in torture against Moroccan intelligence chief.

Morocco has largely avoided the Islamist-related violence rocking much of the region, but a recent Al-Qaeda video calling for jihad prompted authorities to react furiously, reflecting the kingdom's security fears.

Thousands of people in Morocco have staged a large protest rally in the capital, Rabat, calling on the government to resolve the unemployment issue in the North African country.

Thousands of people have held a demonstration in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, against a recent decision by the government to increase fuel prices.

Morocco announced on Saturday he will dispatch urgent humanitarian aid to Sudan to help people affected by recent floods

Morocco's king has ordered an investigation after his pardoning of a Spanish paedophile sparked violent protests in the country.

Negotiations between Morocco and the European Union (EU) on a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement resumed on Monday in Brussels, the Moroccan Ministry of Trade said in a statement.

Five migrants died overnight after their boat capsized off Nador coast of northern Morocco on their way to Spain, Moroccan interior ministry said Tuesday in a statement .

The Polisario Front rebels have denounced Morocco's "systematic repression" in Western Sahara and called on the United Nations Security Council to apply a new resolution urging greater efforts on human rights.

Morocco decided Sunday to dispatch a field hospital to the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli Operation Pillar of Defense entered its fifth day.

Four Frenchmen were killed Tuesday when their boat sank off the northeastern coast of Morocco due to bad weather.

Morocco on Tuesday welcomed the agreement signed by various Syrian opposition groups for forming a new opposition coalition, official MAP news agency reported.

Morocco called in the ongoing meeting of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which was held in Agadir, southwest of Morocco, to think about new balanced tools to regulate and manage the species threatened worldwide , the Moroccan news agency MAP reported Tuesday.