Morocco Cracks Down on "Ghost Workers": Hundreds Fired, Hundreds More Warned
18 April 2023
The government of Aziz Akhannouch has already dismissed nearly 300 "ghost civil servants" since taking office. 500 others have been notified of a warning.
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American Driver Allegedly Runs Over Security Guard in Tangier Incident
18 April 2023
A foreign citizen, of American origin, would have deliberately run over a person in the Al Moujahidine neighborhood in Tangier. The victim would have protested against insults (…)
Morocco Likely to Celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Saturday as New Moon Sighting Expected Friday
18 April 2023
The observation of the new moon of the month of Shawwal 2023/1444 will begin this Thursday, April 20, 2023, but it seems that most Arab countries will not be able to observe (…)
Morocco Absent from Jeddah Summit on Syria’s Arab League Reintegration
17 April 2023
Several reasons explain Morocco’s exclusion by Saudi Arabia from the meeting on the reintegration of Syria with the Arab League, held on Friday in Jeddah.
Moroccan Opposition Leader Warns of Potential Protests Amid Government Criticism
17 April 2023
Abdelilah Benkirane, secretary general of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), lashed out at the government of Aziz Akhannouch. He also warned him against the (…)
Morocco School Controversy: Parents Rally Behind Teacher Accused of Promoting LGBTQ Topics
16 April 2023
Contrary to expectations, the French teacher at the Honoré de Balzac school in Kénitra, who was fired following a complaint from parents who accused her of presenting (…)
Morocco Debates Women’s Inheritance Rights Amid Family Code Reform
16 April 2023
The right to equality in inheritance remains an equation to be solved in the context of the reform of the Family Code in Morocco. Modernists and conservatives are opposed to (…)
Morocco to Invest $10.8 Billion in Two Massive EV Battery Plants
16 April 2023
Morocco will soon have two vehicle battery manufacturing plants. The projects are estimated at 6 billion euros and 4 billion euros, Ryad Mezzour, the Moroccan Minister of (…)
Morocco Extends Eid al-Fitr Holiday for Public Sector Workers
16 April 2023
The Moroccan government has taken an exceptional measure by deciding to grant an additional day off to civil servants on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which should (…)
Morocco’s Collectif 490 Pushes to Repeal Law Criminalizing Premarital Sex
15 April 2023
In Morocco, the Collectif 490 continues its fight for the repeal of Article 490 of the Penal Code which punishes "imprisonment of one month to one year all persons of different (…)