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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter opened two artificial pitches at Morocco’s National Football Centre in Mâamora, near Salé on Sunday 29 April 2012.

The North African state is said to have plans for at least 2GW of wind power and 2GW of solar energy programmes by 2020. EDF, Mitsui selected for 150-MW Wind Farm. Alstom wind turbines.

The Freedom party official responsible for an election poster campaign that urged love for all things good and Austrian rather than thieving Moroccans has apologised and had all the posters removed.

Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Raphael Benchimol of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation was honored with the Knight of the Order of the Throne from Mohammed VI King of Morocco, in New York on March 11.

Ranbaxy Laboratories, on Monday, announced the opening of its new production facility in Morocco, a move the company said would help it access the African nation’s $1 billion pharmaceutical market.

About 1,000 people turned out for a sit-in at Casablanca’s main square. In the capital Rabat, A few thousand people gathered Sunday in Morocco’s cities to mark the one year anniversary of the North African kingdom’s local version...

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.