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Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi (left) and France forward Kylian Mbappe fight for the ball during a 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
SOCCER
Jul 10, 2026
Mbappe and Dembele fire France past Morocco into World Cup semifinals
Kylian Mbappe curled in his eighth goal of the tournament on 60 minutes before Ousmane Dembele doubled Les Bleus¡¯ lead six minutes later to complete a drama-free victory.
Morocco players celebrate after beating the Netherlands to qualify for the last-16 stage of the World Cup, in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday
SOCCER
Jun 30, 2026
Morocco advances after penalty shootout win over Netherlands in Monterrey thriller
Thousands of Morocco supporters erupted at the final whistle in the last World Cup match to be played in Monterrey.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026
Senegal's Sadio Mane lifts the trophy with teammates as they celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, on Jan. 18.
SOCCER
Mar 19, 2026
Stripped of AFCON title, Senegal calls for corruption investigation
Senegal¡¯s government called CAF¡¯s decision ¡°grossly unlawful ?and profoundly unjust¡± in a statement issued Wednesday.
Emails and ?wire transfer requests contained in the DOJ documents, which may not be comprehensive, show that Jeffery Epstein discussed purchasing  the Palace Bin Ennakhil in Marrakesh with his associates in the spring of 2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2026
A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest
Details of the transactions, reported for the first time, show how the U.S. brokerage handled funds for Epstein over the course of several months.
Senegal's Sadio Mane lifts the trophy after his nation's win over Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Jan 19, 2026
Senegal stuns Morocco in Africa Cup of Nations final marred by ugly scenes
Pape Gueye¡¯s extra-time goal gave Senegal a 1-0 win over Morocco.
Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, was born in Canada.
SOCCER
Dec 22, 2025
African teams bolster rosters with players born in Europe
In total, of the 664 players across the 24 teams at the tournament, 191 ?were born in Europe, representing 28.8%.
A meteorite store in Midelt. Morocco has reported more falls than anywhere else in the last 20 years.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2025
Meteorite hunters scour the Sahara for riches from outer space
Prices for meteorites range from hundreds of dollars for pieces traded on internet sites like eBay to millions for larger chunks sold through auction houses like Christies.
Moroccan youth from a collective calling itself GenZ 212 chant slogans as they rally for a seventh straight day to demand reforms to public health care and education.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2025
Gen Z anger at ruling elites is erupting across the world
There has been a surge in Gen Z demonstrations in Africa and Asia against aging leaders and corruption.
A boy from Douar Imzerri in the rural commune of Tilougguite, in Morocco's Beni Mellal-Khenifra region, communicates using a whistled language, an intricate ancient practice connecting Amazigh communities across distances in the High Atlas mountains, on Aug. 19.
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2025
Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival
The Assinsg language replaces spoken words with sharp whistles that can carry for nearly three kilometers in the mountains, researchers say.
The construction of the Dakhla Atlantic Port is located 40 km north of the city of Dakhla, in an area under the jurisdiction of the rural commune of El-Argoub in Dakhla in the disputed Western Sahara, mostly controlled by Morocco.
WORLD
Jun 30, 2025
Morocco¡¯s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean
Morocco has been seeking to position itself as a middleman between Europe and the Sahel states.
People walk past Jemaa el-Fnaa square, in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Oct. 22.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2024
Morocco presents new women¡¯s rights legislation
The proposals include raising the legal marriage age and expanding women¡¯s custody rights.
Damaged buildings in the Mellah, or Jewish quarter of Marrakech, Morocco, in October 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake the previous month.
WORLD / Society
Sep 5, 2024
One year on, Morocco¡¯s quake victims still wait for homes
The 6.8 magnitude quake killed more than 2,900 people and damaged vital infrastructure.
Argentina forward Julian Alvarez challenges Morocco's midfielder Benjamin Bouchouari after their match was restarted in an empty stadium following crowd trouble.
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2024
Chaos as soccer matches kick off Paris Olympics
Morocco beat Argentina 2-1, but only after a late equalizer for the South American side was disallowed and the final minutes were played out in an empty stadium.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a FIFA Virfual Council meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 5, 2023
FIFA World Cup be held across three continents in 2030
FIFA will allow all six of those countries¡¯ national teams to receive automatic entries.
A woman walks past a market in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Lebanon is one of nine Arab nations using an algorithm-powered poverty assessment formula funded by the World Bank that ranks welfare applicants according to dozens of different data points.
WORLD / Society
Oct 5, 2023
In Middle East, poor excluded from welfare by ¡®faulty¡¯ algorithms
Around the world, 40 countries use an algorithm-powered poverty assessment formula funded by the World Bank to rank welfare applicants.
Survivors fill up water from a tanker truck in the earthquake-hit village of Ineghede in Morocco on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 18, 2023
Dire hygiene spells new threat for Morocco quake survivors
An especially pressing need is the provision of clean water, which was already in short supply in some areas before the quake.
A woman sits near debris in the earthquake-hit village of Ardouz, in Morocco's Amizmiz region, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 15, 2023
Isolated Morocco quake survivors feel forgotten by state
Reporters have described survivors camped out in small tents or under plastic sheets, scared that aftershocks could destroy their damaged houses.
A man rides his donkey to receive donations near the village of Ighil Ntalghoumt, Morocco on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 14, 2023
Morocco quake survivors journey on donkeys to reach cut-off villages
Ordinary Moroccans have delivered many of the supplies reaching mountain villages. The rugged terrain and roads have made the official response patchy.
People wait for flights at Marrakech-Menara airport following a powerful earthquake in Morocco on Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 13, 2023
After Morocco quake, tourists grapple with the ethics of travel
Each disaster¡¯s impact is unique, and travelers are usually advised to follow the guidance of government officials in the aftermath of such events.
An injured earthquake survivor is carried into a military helicopter to be transported to a hospital after a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 13, 2023
Frustration mounts over Morocco earthquake aid as death toll rises
Villagers in devastated mountain areas voiced frustration at having received no help from the authorities.

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