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Algeria has threatened to cut off its gas supply to Spain if any of it ends up in another country that is not specified in the contract. It said supplying the gas to a third destination would be a breach of contract between Algeria’s state-owned Sonatrach and its Spanish customer. …

Prayers are done this Friday in all mosques in Morocco in the hope of bringing rain to the drought-stricken Maghreb country, the Islamic Affairs Ministry announced. On the orders of King Mohammed VI, “the invocation of God for the request for rain” will take place in all mosques, the ministry …

A Moroccan university professor accused of giving students good grades in return for sexual favours has been condemned for two years in prison. It was the first such verdict in a “sex for good grades” scandal that has rocked the North African country since September, when Moroccan media picked up …

A suspected Islamic State militant and bomb maker went on trial in a Moroccan court on terrorism charges after his arrest in cooperation with U.S. intelligence, Reuters reports. The 24-year-old Moroccan was active in the city of Sala Al Jadida near the capital, Rabat, and was in the advanced stages …

A court in Morocco has charged four university lecturers with incitement to debauchery, gender discrimination and violence against women after they were accused of offering students better grades in return for sex. A fifth lecturer is to appear in court on Wednesday on charges of indecent assault and battery. The …

Algeria has written to the United Nations, the African Union and the Arab League to inform of them of Monday’s killing of its nationals in a drone attack in Western Sahara. “Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has informed the international organisations about the seriousness of state terrorism which cannot be justified …

Algeria has stopped gas exports through a pipeline that crosses neighbouring Morocco because of a dispute between the two countries, the presidency has said. “Due to Morocco’s hostile acts towards Algeria undermining national, unity the president has ordered the oil company Sonatrach to cut off trade relations with the Moroccan …

Authorities in Morocco have extended the state of emergency by one month, in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This emerges from a statement made by government spokesperson Mustapha Baitas at a press conference held on the sidelines of a meeting of the Government …

Security forces in Morocco say they have broken up a cell of militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. The dismantling led to the arrest of three jihadists. The three suspected whose names are not revealed, are members of the Islamist State (IS) group and were arrested in the …

In Morocco, legislative and local elections are currently being held. No big political rallies could be held because of the coronavirus pandemic. The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party has led Morocco’s coalition governments over the past decade, but analysts say voters feel that parliament has little meaningful influence, BBC …