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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, pictured on March 23, 2022 during an official visit to Spain's tiny North African enclave of Ceuta

World

Spain’s Sanchez visits Morocco as tensions ease

The landmark visit will see King Mohammed VI welcome Sanchez as his guest of honour for iftar.

AFPApril 7, 2022

For the villagers of Inzerki, the collapse of hives is an ecological and economic disaster -- but also a crisis for their unique heritage

World

Stung by drought, Morocco’s bees face disaster

Beekeeper Brahim Chatoui says he has lost almost a third of his hives in just two months -- and he is not alone.

AFPApril 3, 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as Morocco’s foreign minister speaks during remarks at the Negev Summit in the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker on March 28, 2022

World

Blinken in Morocco for security talks, to meet UAE leader

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Morocco on Tuesday to discuss North African security issues.

AFPMarch 29, 2022

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid gives a press conference at the new Israeli consulate in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, on June 30, 2021

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Israel to host ‘historic summit’ of US, Arab diplomats

Israel said it will host a "historic summit" from Sunday of top diplomats from the United States and three Arab states.

AFPMarch 25, 2022

Moroccan emergency services teams carry the body of five-year-old Rayan into an ambulance after pulling him from a well shaft

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Morocco to bury ‘little Rayan’ who died trapped in well

Morocco prepared Monday to bury "little Rayan", the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well.

AFPFebruary 6, 2022

Wahid Aguertite, a farmer, touches the earth cracked by drought in October 2020, at an orange orchard on Morocco's southern plains of Agadir

World

Mosque-goers pray for rain in drought-scorched Morocco

Mosques held prayers for rain on Friday across the parched North African kingdom of Morocco where farmers are battling an acute drought. King Mohammed...

AFPFebruary 4, 2022

Moroccan authorities and firefighters race to reach a five-year-old child who fell into a well

World

Morocco rescuers dig for boy trapped in well

Moroccans waited anxiously Thursday as authorities said a dramatic operation to rescue a young boy trapped in a deep well for over two days...

AFPFebruary 3, 2022

Morocco's King Mohammed VI (C) chairs a ceremony to launch the construction of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in the region of Benslimane

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Morocco starts construction of anti-Covid vaccine plant

Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipharm, the official news agency MAP reported. The...

AFPJanuary 27, 2022