Sources: Reuters
Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. 2025-11-4
Italian financial police seize 134 Fiat cars imported from Morocco following a dispute on stickers indicating the origin of the car. 2024-05-18
Twenty-four workers die in a flooded illegally-run textile workshop in a private house in Tangier, Morocco, which occurred as a result of intense rains that hit the region. Ten others were rescued and hospitalized. 2021-02-8
Morocco's government announces that they will impose a nationwide curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time and will require all cafes, shops, supermarkets, and restaurants to close at 8:00 p.m. beginning December 23. In Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, and Tangier, all restaurants will be closed for three weeks. 2020-12-21
The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States. 2020-11-5
Morocco rejoins the African Union after a 33-year absence, despite opposition from several member states over the political status of Western Sahara. 2017-01-31
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
Morocco, Togo, Guatemala and Pakistan are elected to the United Nations Security Council, with a fifth seat still undecided. 2011-10-22
Morocco closes ten airports, including Casablanca, Rabat-Sale, Tangiers, Fes, Agadir, Tan-Tan and Essaouira, for the first time. This is the first African country affected.[http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-europe-8674241.stm (BBC)][https:--www.cnbc.com-id-37078497 (CNBC)]date=August 2019 2010-05-11
The death toll from a minaret collapse in Morocco rises to 41. 2010-02-20