Morocco

The turnout at the first parliamentary elections in Morocco following the approval of a new constitution in July reached 45%

The 2012 fiscal law may be ready before the early legislative elections which are expected to take place on 25 November.

Morocco's interior minister declared early legislative elections have been scheduled for Nov. 25.

As the Muslim world welcomes Ramadan 2011, set to start early next week, we wait with baited breath to see if the world will witness a time of peace and thanksgiving in the Middle East or an escalation in the unrest.

A Moroccan military transport plane crashed Tuesday in a mountainous southern region, the information ministry said.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American foundation founded by billionaire Bill Gates, launched an initiative to reinvent toilets.

Morocco's holiday home market was decimated by regional events, leaving several large-scale developments stalled.

This summer, thousands of Moroccan families are visiting loan companies and specialized financing institutions to take loans for travel and vacations.

A new constitution which was introduced last month by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI was approved by 98 percent of voters in a referendum Friday.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI declared a series of Constitutional reforms in a speech on Friday night .

Shakira seduced by Arab Spring, goes back to Arab roots to sing: Shakira seeks to celebrate her 'Lebo-Syrian' roots - recently feeling inspired while performing in Morocco after her tour through the Emirates and Lebanon, Shakira expressed her keen desire to fast-track her Arabic learning in order to sing some Arabic singles, if not albums.

Word on the Arab street, when not debating the latest on the Arab revolutions, and the state of catastrophe in Yemen or Libya or Syria, has turned to the new bid to expand the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Scrutiny lies with the two potential new candidates for entry into this Gulf state league, namely Jordan and Morocco. The twitter-sphere is buzzing (or tweeting) with humorous remarks, as well as more grave concerns around the implications of such a shift, for both sides of the equation: the new members and the former block.

Self-defeating strategies and stunts by Arab nations that cost the Arab world more in damages as well as negative PR than the satellite causes that in themselves probably do not serve the interests of the people, nor for that matter any arguably wider Arab Cause such as Palestine.

Morocco's Minister of Communications Khalid Naciri on Friday hinted to the possibility that al Qaeda is linked to the bombing.

At least 14 people died on Thursday by an explosion in a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.