Save the Children on Saturday urged Spain to halt the repatriation to Morocco of hundreds of unaccompanied minors who were among thousands of migrants who crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta three months ago.

Save the Children slams Spain over repatriation of minors

The foreign ministers of Morocco and Israel signed three accords on Wednesday during the first visit by a top official from the Jewish state since ties were normalised last year. Nasser Bourita and his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid signed agreements on political consultations, aviation, and culture.

Foreign ministers of Morocco, Israel sign accords on political consultations, aviation, culture

An international team of archaeologists announced Wednesday that they had uncovered the oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site in North Africa. Discovered in Morocco the site, dates back 1.

Scientists in Morocco unearth oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site in North Africa

Israeli carrier Israir launched the first direct commercial flight between the Jewish state and Morocco on Sunday since the countries normalised diplomatic relations in a US-brokered deal last year.

Israeli carrier launches direct flight to Morocco

Morocco has said that it "categorically rejects and condemns these unfounded and false allegations", adding that it was "erroneous" and "false" to say the country had infiltrated the phones of national or foreign public figures, the report said.

Why would Morocco spy on French President?

The sentencing of a Moroccan journalist to five years in prison for indecent assault sparked condemnation Saturday, with media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deploring a trial "tainted by irregularities".

Media watchdog blasts Morocco journalist's 5-year prison term on sex charge

Detained Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni was sentenced on Friday to five years in jail for indecent assault against another man. Raissouni, editor-in-chief of now-defunct newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, denies the charge and has been on a hunger strike for 93 days.

Moroccan journalist gets 5-year jail term for 'indecent assault'

Over 400 undocumented workers, mainly from Morocco and Algeria, are staging a mass hunger strike in Belgium to pressure authorities into granting them the right to remain in the country.

Undocumented workers from Morocco and Algeria stage hunger strike in Belgium

The Berber granaries, considered as one of the oldest banking systems, were used by Amazigh communities inhabiting the mountainous south of Morocco to store all kinds of valuable belongings from documents, jewelry and harvest. Morocco is now planning to include them in UNESCO's world heritage sites list.

Discover Morocco's ancient granaries, "the first indication of the emergence of banks"

The Berber granaries, considered as one of the oldest banking systems, were used by Amazigh communities inhabiting the mountainous south of Morocco to store all kinds of valuable belongings from documents, jewelry and harvest. Morocco is now planning to include them in UNESCO's world heritage sites list

In the arid mountains of southern Morocco, local women harvest argan oil, a natural product they have long used in cooking but which has become highly prized by the global beauty industry as an anti-aging skin treatment and restorative for hair.

Amazigh women of Morocco produce what is known as "liquid gold"

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles on Saturday denounced as "unacceptable" Morocco's use of young people to violate Spain's borders following a record influx of arrivals early last week.

Spain says Morocco's use of minors to breach border 'unacceptable'

After vaccinating locals against the deadly coronavirus, Morocco has decided to vaccinate the prisoners, to ensure no further infection occurs. Authorities have vaccinated nearly eight million locals with the first dose against coronavirus and almost five million people with both doses, as per official figures.

'Pioneering operation': Morocco to start vaccinating prisoners against Covid

Spain has accused Morocco of blackmail - after 8,000 migrants tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this week. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how a diplomatic spat triggered a migrant crisis for Spain.

Gravitas: A migration crisis in Spain, triggered by a diplomatic spat

The migrant crisis at the Spain-Morocco border has escalated within the past few days. Violent clashes, tear gas, hypothermia, nothing seems to stop the migrants from fleeing Morocco. Let's get you some voices from ground zero to understand why.

Why are Moroccans trying to enter Europe?

Arab countries, including four that last year agreed to normalise relations with Israel, have condemned a weekend of violence after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces.

Arab nations hit out at Israel over Jerusalem violence

A woman from Mali has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali's minister of health announced on Wednesday. Halima Cisse gave birth to five girls and four boys by caesarean section in Morocco on Tuesday after being sent there for special care, the minister said. The 25-year-old and her newborns were doing well, she added.

A Malian woman gives birth to nine babies at once

A 25-year-old woman in Mali has given birth to nine babies in Morocco on Tuesday. According to the Malian government, all nine babies and the mother are "doing well".

Not two or three, woman in Mali gives birth to nine babies

Around 100 migrants tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco, Spanish police said Monday. The migrants set off on Sunday from beaches in Fnideq, a few kilometres south of Ceuta and "some" managed to reach a beach in Ceuta on their own while most had to be rescued by Spanish rescue boats, a spokesman for the Guardia Civil police force in Ceuta said.

Around 100 migrants swim to Spain's Ceuta enclave

Morocco's Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned the Spanish ambassador on Sunday to convey the government's 'regret' over Spain's decision to receive for medical treatment of the leader of a regional group fighting Morocco for independence.

Morocco scolds Spain over virus help for independence leader 

Libya which is in a deadly regional conflict might finally see some peace after a new line of talks between the rival camps in Morocco. The talks begin to put an end to a decade-old conflict.

Libya's opposing factions come together for talks

Brazil, which has world's second-highest COVID-19 death count after the United States, has been urging India to send the AstraZeneca vaccine.

India to begin COVID Vaccine free jabs to Brazil, Morocco from today

India has allowed commercial export of Covid-19 vaccines being manufactured in the country from Friday. Brazil and Morocco will be the first two countries that are getting the commercial contracted supplies of 20 lakh doses each with flights leaving at 4.

India allows commercial export of Covid-19 vaccines from Friday; first stop Brazil, Morocco

Israel is now trying to win popular acceptance in the middle east after normalizing ties with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. The nation is now using social media to further cement ties with the Arab world.

A social media blitzkrieg from Israel

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