A UN peacekeeping force has been in Western Sahara since 1991 with a mandate to organise a referendum on its independence or integration with Morocco.
The Jewish area of Moroccan tourist gem Marrakesh is seeing its fortunes revived as visitors flock to experience its unique culture and history.
This ancient Moroccan city is trading on its rich history to revitalise its economy and tourism.
Western Sahara holds faint hope for referendum as guns are drawn in dispute
Defending champions the Ivory Coast and Morocco on Monday became just the latest strongly fancied teams to fail to deliver in Gabon.
The 48-year-old Frenchman is the only coach to win the competition with different countries.
A word from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon and an EU trade pact have sent Morocco into a fury.
Ntombi Msiza claims to represent SA interests in the North African state, despite frosty relations.
The country often turns to the courts when it doesn’t like what critics say, and this has a chilling effect on varsity research and the public media.
Egypt has banned an annual festival, which attracted hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, in honour of a Moroccan rabbi renowned for performing miracles.
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/ 12 November 2014
Morocco has been ousted from next year’s Africa Cup of Nations after calling for a postponement of the football tournament on Ebola concerns.
Despite the fact that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations may not happen, heavyweights are still battling it out in the qualifiers for the coveted trophy.
Morocco could withdraw from hosting the Africa Cup of Nations, but South Africa will not take the baton, says Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula.
Morocco’s government has made a plea with the Africa Cup of Nations "to avoid events which involve those countries affected by the Ebola virus".
No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made after colleagues found a Moroccan consulate employee dead in a rented flat.
Morocco says King Mohammed VI "would never have consented" to Daniel Galvan Vina’s release had he known the nature of the man’s crimes.
Riot police have broken up a protest by Moroccan demonstrators late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile.
Morocco is keep to rejoin the African Union, but South Africa and other members could block its bid over the vexed issue of Sahrawi autonomy.
Eleven migrants trying to reach Europe have died after their boat capsized off the north coast of Morocco.
A Morocco law that allows a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim is being amended by the kingdom’s Parliament.
Guided by a Touareg tribe, Rachel Dixon joins a nomadic retreat on Morocco’s coast, hiking from beach to beach, practising yoga and sleeping in camps.
Women’s rights in Morocco are poised to improve with the probable scrapping of a law allowing rapists of minors to avoid jail by marrying them.
As winter approaches, many sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco are desperate to reach Spanish shores and start a new life in Europe.
A Dutch yacht dubbed the "abortion ship" has been escorted from Moroccan territorial waters, amid competing claims about its authenticity.
The Moroccan navy is reportedly blocking the Mediterranean harbour in which a controversial Dutch ‘abortion ship’ was due to dock on Thursday.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission’s communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.
Protests have erupted in Morocco over the case of teenager Amina Filali who killed herself after a court ordered her to marry her alleged rapist.
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/ 26 February 2012
There was another shock outcome to a CAF competition when Moroccan club Moghreb Fes lifted the African Super Cup this weekend.
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/ 23 February 2012
European governments have planned a radical offer of "debt relief" to its Arab North African and Middle Eastern neighbours.
A year after it began, eight Arab writers reflect on what became known as the Arab Spring.
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/ 24 January 2012
Tunisia has taken the Maghreb derby honours, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Morocco’s Justice and Development Party has claimed victory in a parliamentary election that should produce a stronger government with more power.