Sources: Al Jazeera
At least 2,012 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Chichaoua Province, Morocco. Authorities declare three days of national mourning in the wake of the earthquake. 2023-09-8
Morocco's state-run news agency Maghreb Arabe Press reports that King Mohammed VI has undergone successful heart surgery in Rabat; the king underwent a similar surgery two years ago in Paris. 2020-06-14
The first death in Morocco is reported, an 89-year-old woman with pre-existing health conditions. 2020-03-10
Slovenia confirms its first case of COVID-19. The patient had recently travelled home from Morocco, passing through Italy on the way, and is now in isolation at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre. 2020-03-4
The government of Gabon quashes a coup d'état by soldiers. The attempt took place while the country's president, Ali Bongo, was undergoing medical treatment in Morocco. 2019-01-7
164 countries adopt the non-binding Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakech, Morocco. 2018-12-10
Fourteen people are arrested in Spain and Morocco for allegedly trying to recruit people to ISIL. 2015-08-25
Four-hundred African migrants charge past Moroccan border forces by throwing rocks, trying to storm border fences separating Spain's North African enclave Melilla, but Spanish guards repel them. 2015-02-1
Mauritania's state information agency announces that Abdullah Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, has been arrested at the airport in Nouakchott upon arrival from Morocco. 2012-03-17