Sources: Reuters
Eighteen migrants are killed and hundreds of people injured, mostly Spanish and Moroccan security forces, as around 2,000 migrants attempt to illegally enter Melilla, Spain, from Morocco. 2022-06-24
Morocco begins a COVID-19 vaccination program for children aged 12 to 17 years old in an effort to ensure their return to schools. 2021-08-31
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 6,195 new cases, a new single-day record since the beginning of the pandemic, taking the nationwide total to 276,821 cases. 2020-11-12
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
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
A Moroccan military transport plane crashes into a mountain in the south of the country killing 78 of 81 on board. 2011-07-26
Pro-democracy activists in Morocco call for renewed demonstrations, saying reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI are not enough. 2011-06-18
The death toll from clashes at a camp in Western Sahara between Sahrawi protesters and Moroccan police rises to eleven. 2010-11-9