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RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan rapper was charged on Friday with insulting public authorities in a song that was posted on YouTube, at the start of a trial criticised by his supporters as a new attempt to muzzle an outspoken critic of the monarchy. The court, in Casablanca, adjourned the trial of Mouad Belrhouat, known as El-Haqed or "The Sullen One", to April 4 and refused him bail, his lawyer Hat
Some 200 Moroccan women protested outside parliament on Saturday, calling for changes to the penal code that allows rapists to avoid jail if the victim's family consents to their marriage. The protest followed the suicide of a rape victim.
RABAT (Reuters) - The leaders of a Moroccan Islamist group, who were jailed over what campaigners say were trumped-up charges and then released last week, said on Thursday they owed their freedom to...
A previous agreement was dropped last month by the European Parliament over concerns of overfishing and other issues.
Moroccan King Mohammed VI named a new power-sharing cabinet on Tuesday, which will be headed by moderate Islamist Abdelilah Benkirane, whose party won 27 percent of parliamentary seats in the November 25 legislative election.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named Abdelilah Benkirane, the secretary general of the Justice and Development Party, as the country's next prime minister. The Islamist party won the most votes in last Friday's election.
Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party won parliamentary elections with 107 seats, according to official results released by the interior ministry on Sunday, allowing the party to lead a coalition government.
The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party led by Abdelilah Benkirane (pictured) is poised to win Friday's parliamentary elections in Morocco, the government confirmed on Saturday.
Almost 14 million Moroccans turned out to vote in elections Friday that could deliver the country's most representative government ever, after King Mohammed VI agreed to cede some powers. At 23.00 voter turnout stood at 45 percent.
An anti-terrorism court in Morocco on Friday sentenced to death Adil Al-Atmani, the man convicted of planning an attack at a Marrakesh cafe in April that killed 17 people. He will be the first person to be executed in the country since 1992.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy landed in Morocco's northern city of Tangiers on Thursday to help kick off work on Africa's first high-speed rail line, which will link the port town of Casablanca to the country's southern capital Rabat.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has vowed to hold parliamentary elections soon, though without specifying when, as pro-democracy activists press for further reform in the wake of the July 1 constitutional referendum.
Morocco’s interior ministry has said that one of its border guards died in a shootout with armed men from Algeria. The men reportedly posed as Islamist militants and intruded in a Moroccan household.
Thousands of demonstrators held largely peaceful rallies in Rabat and Casablanca on Sunday to demand greater political reforms. The demonstrations are the latest in a series of protests held over the past few months demanding more social justice.
Moroccans on Friday voted overwhelmingly to transfer some of the king's powers to the prime minister in a constitutional referendum called by King Mohammed VI in response to pro-democracy protests.
Moroccans began voting Friday in a referendum on constitutional changes offered by the king to answer demands by pro-democracy protesters. Turnout will be a key test of his support, as the opposition says the proposed reforms are not enough.
RABAT, Morocco -- Moroccans on Friday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution their king says will bring the country much-needed democratic reform, the Interior Ministry announced....
Morocco’s main political parties urged Moroccans to vote "yes" as campaigning began Tuesday ahead of a July 1 referendum on limiting King Mohammed VI’s powers. The proposals were introduced last week in a bid to appease anti-regime protesters.

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