Casablanca -- an insider's guide

Few tourists visit Casablanca, Morocco's largest city, but Tahir Shah moved his family there and shares his insider knowledge.

Morocco convicts 18 in Casablanca terror trial

A Moroccan court convicted 18 people over a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Casablanca six years ago that left 45 dead.

Fire in Casablanca kills up to 55

A fire roared through a mattress factory in a poor section of Casablanca, killing up to 55 workers and injuring at least 12 others. A rescue chief said firefighters arrived hours late and that the emergency exit of the building was blocked. The fire broke out midmorning Saturday in an industrial neighborhood outside of sprawling Casablanca, the economic centre of this North African country.

Moroccan government backtracks on bread price

Violent protests against the cost of bread have prompted the Moroccan government to annul a 30% price hike linked to soaring global grain costs. Protesters clashed with police and cars were torched and buildings damaged in the demonstrations on Sunday in Sefrou, 200km east of the capital, Rabat.

Morocco jails journalists over spilling state secrets

A Moroccan court sentenced a journalist to eight months in prison on Wednesday and gave a suspended six-month sentence to his boss for publishing secret military intelligence documents. The verdicts came a week after a military court handed down stiff sentences to eight army officers involved.

Bombers attack US targets in Morocco

Two suicide bombers killed themselves in an attack on United States diplomatic offices in Morocco's commercial hub Casablanca on Saturday in the first such targeted bombings in four years, witnesses said. Two suicide bombers killed themselves in an attack on United States diplomatic offices in Morocco's commercial hub Casablanca on Saturday in the first such targeted bombings in four years, witnesses said.

Morocco's king urges cooperation over terrorism

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday urged North African countries to work together against terrorism following this week's suicide bombings in Algiers and Casablanca. Two suicide car bombings in Algiers on Wednesday killed 33 people and injured more than 220.

Mother laments loss of suicide-bomber sons

In the single-room shack in Casablanca that has been her home for 27 years, Rachida Raydi laments the loss of two of her seven children, who both ended their lives as suicide bombers. "I hadn't seen Ayoub for 10 months and Abdelfettah for nine months. I'm against terrorism," their 46-year-old mother said.

Jittery Casablanca on alert after suicide blasts

Moroccan police set up road blocks and barricades on Thursday around the Casablanca district in bid to find accomplices of three suicide bombers who blew themselves up this week. Two men were arrested, including one who entered a house and threatened to blow himself up if he was not given food, a police source said.

Three suspected bombers killed in Casablanca

Three suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up on Tuesday following a police raid on a house in a Casablanca slum in which a fourth man was shot dead, police sources said. Police have been looking for up to 12 suspected suicide bombers since March 11 when the alleged leader of a suicide squad detonated his explosives belt in a cybercafé to stop police arresting him.

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