Sources: Reuters
At least 37 people are killed and 14 more injured during flash floods in Safi, Morocco. 2025-12-14
Morocco becomes the 60th UN member state to ratify the High Seas Treaty, allowing it to enter into force in January 2026. 2025-09-19
In association football, Spanish club Real Madrid wins a record fifth FIFA Club World Cup title and eighth club world championship after defeating Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal 5–3 in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. With eight goals, the match was the highest scoring final in Club World Cup history. 2023-02-11
The Moroccan government announces that it will suspend all incoming passenger flights for the next two weeks. 2021-11-28
Morocco closes its border with Spain following the escalation of diplomatic tensions generated by the massive influx of migrants into Ceuta on Tuesday. 2021-05-19
Morocco announces a nationwide curfew during Ramadan from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. to combat the spread of COVID-19. 2021-04-7
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
Morocco reports 5,745 new infections and 82 deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day record of both cases and deaths since the pandemic began, bringing the nationwide totals to 235,310 cases and 3,982 deaths. 2020-11-4
Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia shut their borders to so-called economic migrants, those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, or Iraq, leaving thousands stranded at Balkan border crossings. Around 500 migrants from Iran, Morocco, and Algeria gather on the border between Greece and Macedonia to protest the closure. 2015-11-20