The Latest Breaking News from Morocco

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday night has claimed the lives of more than 2,100 people, the country’s interior ministry has said, and injured a further 2,421. Authorities warn that the death toll is expected to rise as rescue and recovery efforts enter the fourth day.

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Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters are battling to reach remote mountain towns devastated by a monstrous earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people

More than 2,100 people have died since the magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Morocco on Friday.

Local volunteers, soldiers, doctors and aid workers are racing to reach affected areas high in the Atlas Mountains.

As locals continue to mourn the loss of more than 2,100 people, a mammoth search and rescue effort is underway in quake-struck Morocco.

The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, who has been carrying out research on the formation of the Atlas mountains and the geology of the area, about the…

We want to speak to people affected by the earthquake that struck Morocco

The September 8 earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest in more than 60 years.

Watch live as rescue operations continue in Amizmiz following Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades.

French associations and NGOs are still waiting for the green light from the Moroccan government to provide emergency aid to villages in the Atlas Mountains that have been destroyed following a violent earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people.