Morocco

Latest Stories

Newly arrived migrants walk into a temporary handling facility in Malaga, southern Spain, early Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 208 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in 24 hours. The agency said Thursday the migrants were in three boats and were picked up in the so-called Alboran Sea, an area east of the Strait of Gibraltar and one of the most common routes for crossing to Europe from North Africa. (AP Photo/Sergio Rodrigo)

Over 150 migrants in Morocco climb fences to Spanish enclave

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Morocco compensates hundreds of rights victims from 1956-99

Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Moroccan News Agency (MAP), Morocco's King Mohammed VI, center, accompanied by his son Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, left, and brother Prince Moulay Rashid addresses the Nation in a speech aired on TV, at the Royal Palace in Tetouan, Morocco, on Monday July 29, 2019. Morocco’s king is calling for a government reshuffle, seeking “new blood” and saying the country’s current development policy isn’t doing enough to meet Moroccans’ needs. In a speech Monday night marking his 20 years on the throne, King Mohammed VI reproached the Islamist-led government and tasked Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani with proposing new government candidates in the fall. (Moroccan Royal Palace via AP)

Moroccan king seeks government shake-up to calm frustrations

By AMIRA EL-MASAITI - Associated Press

Spain: 50 migrants scale fence to African enclave

Associated Press

Benin players celebrate after the African Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Benin in Al Salam stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Senegal tops Uganda 1-0, will meet Benin in African Cup

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Morocco claims success in slowing migrant voyages to Europe

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

In this May 18, 2018, file photo, White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kushner in Morocco to build support for Mideast peace plan

Associated Press

In this May 18, 2018, file photo, White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump team faces tough audiences as it sells Mideast plan

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Boat capsizes in Strait of Gibraltar; 9 of 12 migrants drown

By RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

UN welcomes momentum on Western Sahara, but parties at odds

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2018 photo, Guardia Civil officers stand guard as migrants stay at a makeshift emergency center for migrants at Barbate's municipal sports center, in the south of Spain, after being rescued by Spain's Maritime Rescue Service in the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain appears to have stemmed a surge in illegal migration that made it the main Mediterranean entry point for migrants seeking ways into Europe by increasing Morocco's involvement in border control. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Migrant arrivals plunge in Spain after deals with Morocco

By RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

Thousands of Moroccans take part in a demonstration in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Protesters are condemning prison terms for the leader of the Hirak Rif protest movement against poverty and dozens of other activists. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Moroccans protest prison sentences of anti-poverty activists

By AMIRA EL-MASAITI - Associated Press

This March 27, 2019 photo shows the sanctuary at Temple Beth-El in Casablanca, Morocco. The Jewish synagogue is often considered a centerpiece of a once vibrant Jewish community in Casablanca. Jewish heritage trips to the North African kingdom are common among Jews of Moroccan descent. (Mishael Sims via AP)

Morocco is a trove of Jewish history if you know where to go

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

A woman holds her child as they wait for Pope Francis to arrive at the Rural Center for Social Services at Temara, south of Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Pope Francis is in Morocco for a two-day trip aimed at highlighting the North African nation's Christian-Muslim ties, while also showing solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tending to a tiny Catholic flock. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope tells Moroccans “we are brothers and sisters”

By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

Pope Francis greets some women as he arrives to the Rural Center for Social Services at Temara, south of Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Pope Francis is in Morocco for a two-day trip aimed at highlighting the North African nation's Christian-Muslim ties, while also showing solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tending to a tiny Catholic flock. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope warns over building walls to bar migrants

Associated Press

Pope Francis, left is greeted by Morocco's King Mohammed VI, centre upon disembarking from his plane at Rabat-Sale International Airport near the capital Rabat, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Pope Francis has arrived in Morocco for a trip aimed at highlighting the North African nation's tradition of Christian-Muslim ties, while also letting him show solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tend to a tiny Catholic flock. (Fadel Senna/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Muslim students talk to pope about tolerance

Associated Press

Moroccan King Mohammed VI waves as Pope Francis wipes his forehead, in Rabat, Morocco, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Francis's weekend trip to Morocco aims to highlight the North African nation's tradition of Christian-Muslim ties while also letting him show solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tend to a tiny Catholic flock on the peripheries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope in Morocco: Walls, fear-mongering won’t stop migration

By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 10, 2019 file photo, Christians, mostly sub-Saharan migrants, take part in a Sunday mass in a cathedral in Rabat, Morocco. Pope Francis is forging ahead with his promotion of moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with the Sunni world while also ministering to a tiny Catholic community and offering solidarity with migrants. For the 82-year-old pope, the 27-hour, whirlwind visit to Rabat will be a welcome reboot to a year that has otherwise been dominated by the global Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal and the downfall of three of his cardinals. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Pope seeks to build on Muslim outreach with Morocco trip

By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASIATI - Associated Press

Aid worker: Survivors say 45 migrants died in Mediterranean

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

Santiago Agrelo Martinez, Archbishop of Tangier, speaks to journalists at Casablanca's Notre Dame church to brief them on the upcoming papal visit, in Morocco, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Pope Francis will be in Morocco on March 30-31 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Pope Francis’ visit to Morocco to focus on migrants

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press