Rabat, Morocco News

Securitas has agreed to acquire 75 percent of the shares in the security services company GMCE Gardiennage in Morocco.

Via Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse: A/H1N1 cases in Morocco rise to 1,285 . The number of confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Morocco has risen to 1,285, with 56 cases documented on Monday, according to the Health Ministry.

While Moroccan Arabic is the common language of Moroccans, many speak at least one other language, usually French, Modern Standard Arabic, and perhaps a Berber language.

The Capitol of Morocco bounced between Rabat, Fez, Marrakesh and Meknes over the centuries, each new Sultan making his selection as best suited his defensive strategy, political organization and entertainment agenda.

Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions .

Haidar, winner of the 2008 Robert F Kennedy human rights prize and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, had just flown back Laayoune, the main city in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, from a trip abroad.

The Foreign Minister will meet his Moroccan counterpart, Taib Fasi Fihri, in Rabat on Thursday to discuss the situation of the Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, who has been on hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport since midnight on Sunday.

Aminatou Haidar , one of the most prominent human rights activists in the liberation of the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara, was detained, then deported, by the Moroccan authorities on her arrival in the territory last Friday.

Rabat - Moroccan authorities expelled to the Canary Islands Saturday a Western Sahara activist close to the Polisario Front rebels, a security source said.

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Mark Lewis visited Rabat from November 2-13, 2009, for the 2009 Article IV consultation with Morocco.

Germany plans to help Morocco develop a water-desalination plant and electricity generators using solar power as part of a larger program to expand the use of renewable energy in the North African nation, reported Bloomberg citing a German official.

Chess players are relatively rare, but they can be seen. Those who play chess will sometimes do so in conditions that would bemuse a western player.

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Moroccan King Mohamed VI to order the release of a jailed editor and to put an end to the use of the judiciary to silence independent media.

Morocco's King Mohamed has called for action against traitors who threatened the country's "territorial integrity", a direct warning to Western Sahara independence campaigners.

The Obama administration says it continues to support United Nations efforts to resolve the future of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Morocco on Wednesday ordered the immediate departure of a Swedish diplomat accused of handing over official Moroccan documents to Western Saharan separatists.

WAM Rabat, Nov 3rd, 2009 - An International symposium in Morocco has called for establishing scientific centers for cultural studies to study comparative religions and promote dialogue between cultures within the academic institutions in the Islamic world.

The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reiterated on Monday the United States' commitment to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, state news agency MAP quoted her as saying.

RABAT: A flurry of trials against Moroccan journalists reveals growing tension between an increasingly bold press and a government determined to punish disrespect for the monarchy.

Unusually heavy rains hit Morocco in late November 2002, giving rise to floods that killed more than 60 people.