Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

Monday, September 9, 2024

Torrential floods leave several people dead in southeastern Morocco

Torrential rains caused floods that killed at least 11 people in Morocco's southern provinces of Tata, Tiznit, and Errachidia, authorities said Sunday. Nine others remain missing.

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Morocco earthquake death toll reaches nearly 300

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Morocco Condemns Israeli Minister's Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Morocco strongly condemned the repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli regime’s minister, warning that such provocations only serve to fuel violence in the region.

Monday, December 19, 2022

Danish TV channel apologizes for comparing monkey family to Moroccan footballers

A Danish television station apologized on Twitter over the weekend for airing derogatory comments comparing players on Morocco’s national football team and their families to a family of monkeys.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Morocco says 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spanish territory - The Jerusalem Post

Morocco said 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Friday, after a violent two-hour skirmish between migrants and border officers that also led to scores of injuries

Sunday, February 6, 2022

‘Tragic accident’: Moroccan boy stuck in well dies before rescue | News | Al Jazeera

Workers retrieved the body of a young boy who was trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a devastating end to a painstaking operation that gripped the nation.

Saturday, October 30, 2021

UN renews peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, calls for talks | Al Jazeera

The United Nations Security Council has extended the UN peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara for a year, expressing concern at the breakdown of the 1991 ceasefire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front and calling for a revival of UN-led negotiations.

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Algeria closes airspace to all Moroccan planes | Al Jazeera

Algeria’s presidency has announced the closure of the country’s airspace to all Moroccan planes, according to the presidency, in the latest dispute between the two neighbours at odds mainly over Western Sahara.

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Moroccans demand boycott of Spanish products

Activists in Morocco demanded a boycott of Spanish products on Saturday after tension rose between Rabat and Madrid for the welcoming of the leader of an outlawed Western Sahara separatist movement.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Migrants, refugees swim from Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta enclave

Migrants, refugees swim from Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta enclave


More than 100 people, including two families with children, swam overnight from Morocco to enter the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, according to local authorities.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

El Gobierno rechaza tajante toda aspiración marroquí sobre Ceuta y Melilla | Agencia EFE

El Gobierno rechaza tajante toda aspiración marroquí sobre Ceuta y Melilla

El Gobierno ha rechazado este martes de forma tajante cualquier aspiración de Marruecos sobre la soberanía de Ceuta y Melilla como la expresada por el primer ministro marroquí, Saadedin Otmani, recalcando que no hay ninguna discusión al respecto porque ambas ciudades son españolas.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Algeria's Prime Minister Voices Security Concerns Over Morocco-Israel Rapprochement - Sputnik International

Algeria's Prime Minister Voices Security Concerns Over Morocco-Israel Rapprochement

 The recently-signed agreement on normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel points to the latter's pursuit to anchor itself in Northern Africa, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said on Saturday.

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