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 buys six Bayraktar TB2 drones from Baykar amid rising tensions between Morocco and Algeria. 2021-12-2
Moroccan citizen Abdul Latif Nasir becomes the first prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to be released by the Biden administration, as part of the process to reduce the camp's population and eventually close it. Nasir was cleared for release by the Periodic Review Board in July 2016, but was blocked by the Trump administration. 2021-07-19
Two United Nation peacekeepers, from Gabon and Morocco, are killed in an ambush by anti-balaka insurgents near Bangassou, Central African Republic, according to MINUSCA. 2021-01-18
A court in Morocco sentences a man to four years in prison for insulting the king. Authorities also arrest a Twitter user for criticizing the long prison terms given to those who protest. 2019-12-26
Thousands of teachers gather in the capital of Rabat, Morocco to protest working conditions and wages. 2019-03-24
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he plans to ban immigration from Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen. 2016-08-5
A Moroccan military transport plane crashes into a mountain in the south of the country killing 78 of 81 on board. 2011-07-26
The death toll from clashes at a camp in Western Sahara between Sahrawi protesters and Moroccan police rises to eleven. 2010-11-9
Morocco is to close 1,250 mosques deemed to be unsafe following the collapse of a minaret at the Bab Berdieyinne Mosque in February. 2010-08-10