Morocco Archives

Police intervene among Raja fans during the CAF Champions League quarter-final football match between Morocco's Raja Casablanca and Egypt's Al Ahly at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca

Sports

Calls for probe after Moroccan football fan dies

Morocco should investigate alleged failures that led to a football fan’s death when a massive crowd filled a Casablanca stadium beyond capacity, a local...

AFPApril 30, 2023

The price of fresh produce in Morocco is comparable to European supermarkets but monthly minimum wages are only $300

Business

Soaring prices pressure Morocco’s agriculture model

Soaring inflation in Morocco is driving up living costs and stirring public anger, and as food prices increase the country’s export-led agricultural model is...

AFPApril 17, 2023

Greek MEP Eva Kaili briefly addressed journalists from her lawyer's car as she arrived home in Brussels to be placed under house arrest pending her prosecution on corruption charges

World

Graft-accused MEP Eva Kaili released from jail

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, who has been charged with corruption as part of the so-called Qatargate inquiry, was released from prison and placed under...

AFPApril 14, 2023

The now 12-year-old rape victim is led into the courthouse in the Moroccan capital Rabat for her appeal against the lenient jail sentences handed down against her attackers

World

Morocco court ups jail terms in child rape case that sparked outcry

A Moroccan court has sharply increased the jail sentences handed down against three men convicted of “indecent assault” for the repeated rape of an...

AFPApril 14, 2023

Italian former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri struck a plea deal with Belgian prosecutors

World

Two EU graft scandal suspects leave prison

Two key suspects in the probe into alleged bribery by Qatar and Morocco at the European Parliament left prison in Brussels on Thursday for...

AFPApril 13, 2023

Moroccan lawyer Mohamed Sebbar (R), made his appeal for changes to the law on the eve of an appeal hearing by the child rape victim

World

Lawyer urges change in Morocco laws after child rape case

The lawyer for an 11-year-old Moroccan girl, whose rapists received light sentences that outraged the country, on Wednesday urged authorities to review laws protecting...

AFPApril 12, 2023

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, a former vice president of the European Parliament, was the last of the suspects in a Belgian corruption probe to be allowed to leave pre-trial detention for house arrest

World

Graft-accused MEP Kaili granted house arrest

A Belgian judge agreed on Wednesday to release Greek MEP Eva Kaili, the public face of the so-called Qatargate graft inquiry, from jail and...

AFPApril 12, 2023

Eva Kaili will not be allowed to leave pre-trial custody wearing an electronic tag like some other accused

World

Belgian court prolongs pre-trial detention for graft case MEPs

Belgian judges on Friday prolonged the pre-trial detention of Greek MEP Eva Kaili, accused of receiving bribes from a corrupt network allegedly funded by...

AFPMarch 3, 2023