Progress Update: Tangier-Tetouan Development Program Nears Completion
1 June 2019
Rabat
Spanish Consul General’s Phone Stolen in Rabat, Two Suspects Arrested
28 May 2019
A snatching theft whose victim is none other than the Spanish Consul General has just taken place in Rabat. The thieves would be two people, including an engineering student.
High-Profile Arrests in Rabat: Colonel’s Son Accused of Running Illegal Luxury Poker Ring
25 May 2019
A brigade of the General Intelligence Service has just apprehended the son of a colonel as well as many of his (very wealthy) clients. He is being prosecuted under arrest, they (…)
Rabat Officials Deny Plans for Women-Only ’Pink Buses’ in Public Transport System
25 May 2019
Two denials are better than one. After the formal denial of the Rabat city hall regarding the implementation of buses exclusively for women, it is the turn of the "Al Assima" (…)
Rabat Considers Women-Only Buses Amid Controversial Driver Recruitment
24 May 2019
The simple launch of a recruitment campaign for 180 women was enough to rekindle the debate on the "pink bus" project exclusively reserved for women in the Rabat-Salé-Témara (…)
Former Moroccan Health Minister Tayeb Bencheikh Dies at 81
20 May 2019
Tayeb Bencheikh, former Moroccan Minister of Health, died on Sunday night into Monday from a long illness. He was 81 years old.
Mother-Son Duo Arrested in Rabat for Drug Trafficking, Large Quantity of Psychotropics Seized
19 May 2019
A mother and her son have just been arrested at the Rabat bus station with a large quantity of psychotropic tablets and a large sum of money in their possession.
Morocco’s Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan Turns 16: Rabat Celebrates with Festivities
11 May 2019
Rabat was in a festive mood last Thursday evening for the sixteenth birthday of the Crown Prince Moulay Hassan. Four ceremonies were organized for this purpose in the city (…)
King Mohammed VI’s Anger Prompts Urgent Demolition of Rabat Tramway Bridge
11 May 2019
King Mohammed VI’s anger is said to have motivated the decision of the Agency for the Development of the Bouregreg Valley to urgently and nightly destroy part of the new (…)
Morocco Launches Ramadan Food Aid Program for 2.5 Million People
9 May 2019
Once again this year, on the occasion of the month of Ramadan, the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity will organize the distribution of food to the most disadvantaged families.