Month: November 2011

By Zakia Abdennebi MEKNES, Morocco (Reuters) ­ Morocco will not follow other North African states in handing power to Islamists when it votes in an election this week because it has a mature democracy, a leading member of a...

Al Arabiya News ‘Ennahda’ effect expected to help Islamists in Morocco voteMonday, 21 November 2011 Head of Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdullah bin Kiran. PJD is expected to make significant...

Al Arabiya News By HASSAN AL-ASHRAF In late 2010, hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched to protest alleged human rights abuses committed by Spain’s opposition Popular Party in the disputed Western Sahara. (Reuters) AL...

Macao – Moroccan driver Mehdi Bennani finished second in the independents competition of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and sixth in the professional category during the second race of the Macao Grand Prix, the...

By BRIAN STELTER The University of California, Davis, said Sunday that two police officers had been placed on administrative leave after using pepper spray on seated protesters at the campus on Friday during a demonstration...