The Latest Breaking News from Morocco

Morocco’s GDP growth is seen averaging between 1.5% and 1.7% in 2022, down from the 3.2% that was predicted in the budget law, the state news agency MAP reported, citing Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.

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Morocco condemned on Saturday the Israeli raid on Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem saying the escalation undermines peace efforts.

Morocco has officially entered the international liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, Energy Minister Leila Benali reveled on Friday. She told a press conference in Rabat that this is the first time the Kingdom resorts to LNG to secure its energy needs. Benali said that Morocco has agreed with Spain and…

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Moroccan police have arrested several Bulgarians and Iranians linked to a migrant smuggling network, the DGSN intelligence service said on Wednesday. Officers at the international airport in Casablanca detained four Bulgarian nationals and three Iranians on Tuesday "for suspected links with an international human trafficking and clandestine immigration network," a…

Morocco’s fuel bill this year will increase by $2.56 billion (25 billion dirhams) compared to 2021, the top electricity official told parliament on Wednesday, according to official news agency MAP. “The 2022 fuel bill will reach 47.7 billion dirhams,” Abdul Rahim Al-Hafizi, the director of the national office for electricity,…

Algeria condemned on Tuesday what it called an attack by Morocco against a convoy of trucks in the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, saying it will jeopardize United Nations attempts to ease regional tensions.

The Moroccan government plans a gradual build-up of soft wheat stockpiles adding to the five months of domestic consumption needs currently secured by the private sector, the agriculture minister said on Monday. The additional stocks will be run by state grains agency ONICLE, minister Mohammed Sadiki told members of the…

Seated around the dining table, the family of four stares blankly at pictures of food sketched on the tablecloth. “Tonight,” the father says, “we’re coloring for dinner.”