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Morocco’s King Mohammed issued pardons to several leading Islamists who rights groups say were unfairly jailed, signalling a less hard-line approach after moderate Islamists came to power in an election last year. Royal pardons are customary...

Morocco captain Houssine Kharja says rumours he is quitting international football after a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations are completely false. Moroccan media reports have suggested that Kharja, Youssef Hadji and Marouane Chamakh are all...

Tunisia took the Maghreb derby honours here Monday, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.

A powerful Islamist organisation in Morocco said it is suspending its support for the country’s pro-democracy movement, dealing a severe blow to the group that once put tens of thousands people on streets.

Morocco’s main leftwing party said on Sunday it had decided not to take part in a government coalition led by the country’s moderate Islamists.

With elections less than two weeks off, thousands of Moroccan activists took to the street on Sunday, calling for an election boycott.

A Moroccan court on Friday convicted nine men over an April bomb attack that ripped through a Marrakesh cafe packed with European tourists and killed 17, sentencing the plot’s ringleader to death.

Key Muslim nations Pakistan and Morocco on Friday led newcomers who won seats on the UN Security Council after one of the most hotly-contested campaigns in many years.

Dozens of preachers from mosques across Morocco protested Monday in the capital over tight controls on their preaching, the first time such a demonstration has been allowed to go forward. The small protest was significant because Morocco keeps...