[Scrolla] After defeating Spain, Morocco have been placed in the World Cup quarter-finals where they will face either Portugal or Switzerland.

[MAP] Rabat -- The President of the State of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, joined the Heads of State who called His Majesty King Mohammed VI to congratulate Him on the occasion of the qualification of th...

[VOA] Rabat, Morocco -- Exuberant Moroccans poured into the streets of their capital and in cities across Europe on Tuesday, waving flags and honking horns to celebrate their national soccer team's historic victory over Spain at the World Cup.

[RFI] Morocco turned over Spain to move into the last eight for the first time. But there's no bliss for the Swiss. They're blitzed by a Portugal side not featuring Cristiano Ronaldo.

[DW] In a World Cup scattered with shocks, Morocco produced one of the biggest in front of a partisan crowd. The only remaining African side held 2010 champions Spain to a goalless draw, before winning on penalties.

[VOA] Madrid, Spain -- Rights groups are pressuring Spain's government over the deaths of at least 23 people after thousands of migrants forced their way through the European Union's only land border with Africa between Morocco and the Spanish enclav...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways (KQ) and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have resumed a code share agreement that will see passengers travelling from Marrakech and Casablanca to Nairobi use KQ.

[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has signed five Memoranda of Understanding with the national oil companies and relevant entities of five African countries on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project.

[Premium Times] Morocco thus become the only African country to qualify for the quarter final in this year's World Cup.

[The Conversation Africa] Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men's football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams - Senegal and Morocco. The knock-out phase in Qatar reminds football fans globally o...

[MAP] Tangier -- The fourth and final meeting of the sixteenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-16), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, opened on Monday in Tangier.

[MAP] Casablanca -- The Casablanca Stock Exchange started slightly up on Monday, with the index of all stocks, the MASI, gaining 0.21% to 11,051.27 points (pts).

[Daily News] Cameroon and Tunisia, despite falling short to progress into the knockout phase of FIFA World Cup finals, they retreat home with chest up after disappointing heavyweights Brazil and France respectively.

[CAF] Morocco edged Canada 2-1 to reach the last 16 as Group F winners.

[Africa Renewal] "I always feared the police. You hear stories of women going to the police station to report their violent husbands and they get told 'you deserve it'. Then she must wait in a room full of men, feeling vulnerable and misjudged. On th...

[State Department] U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain will travel to Morocco, The Gambia, and Senegal from November 28 through December 1, 2022.

[Premium Times] The Atlas Lions stunned Belgium with two second-half goals to pick their first victory and second clean sheet in the competition.

[MAP] United Nations -- Members of the UN Security Council have offered their "most sincere" condolences to the Kingdom of Morocco following the death of a Moroccan peacekeeper in an attack Thursday against the UN mission in the Central African Repub...

[CAF] Drama was in short supply in Al Khor as Morocco and Croatia toiled to a 0-0 draw.

[UN News] The ninth Global Forum for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) concluded its work on Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Fez, emphasizing the values of dialogue and tolerance, as well as the role of Africa as a positive actor in the inte...

[UN News] In a world where "old evils - antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, persecution of Christians, xenophobia, and racism - are receiving new leases on life", the UN Alliance of Civilizations is helping to show the way on how to act in solidarity,...

[CAF] Despite a solid performance at Russia 2018, the African team failed to get out of their group. Now, they are desperate to make amends.

[UN News] At this transitional moment for humanity, it is important to uphold mutual respect, unity, and solidarity, the senior UN official promoting cross-cultural understanding and cooperation has stated.

[MAP] Marrakech -- A Tale of Shemroon" by its Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi won the "Golden Star" (Grand Prize) of the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, placed under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, anno...

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- Finding sustainable forms of energy is one of the critical global challenges we face when dealing with the climate emergency and that means an urgent move away from fossil fuels.

[The Conversation Africa] Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men's 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted (in the 1970s) that an African country would win ...

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It off...

[MAP] Geneva -- Morocco was elected to the Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands "RAMSAR" as representative of the North African sub-region, for the period 2022-2025, on the sidelines of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties (C...

[MAP] Marrakech -- The 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM), placed under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, is marked by a strong presence of Moroccan cinema, said the artistic director of the Festival, Remi Bonho...

[MAP] Rabat -- A framework partnership agreement aimed at promoting refugees' access to health and social protection was signed, Monday in Rabat, between the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mo...