Nigeria’s FIFA Council Member and Member of the Executive Committee of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has commiserated with the Government and people of Morocco over last weekend’s earthquake carnage that has claimed the lives of over three thousand people. “I am inconsolably saddened by the earthquake that has wiped out…

The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 people. "We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs ($112 million) to be able to deliver on the most pressing needs at this time," Caroline Holt, global director of operations…

Morocco on Wednesday called for the preservation of stability in central Africa's Gabon, where rebel officers placed under house arrest President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a childhood friend of King Mohammed VI. Gabon has been one of Morocco's main allies in Africa since the reign of Mohammed's father, Hassan II. Morocco is "following closely the evolution…

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Five human rights groups have called for the release of Nasser Zefzafi, the jailed chief of the "Hirak" protest movement that rocked Morocco's northern Rif region in 2016 and 2017. The groups issued their statement to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on August 9. In a press release, the groups including…

Morocco won a Women's World Cup match for the first time after Ibtissam Jraidi struck early to give them a stunning 1-0 victory over South Korea on Sunday.

Nouhaila Benzina became the first player to wear a hijab during a Women's World Cup game when she sported the Muslim headscarf in Morocco's match against South Korea on Sunday.

Talismanic striker Alexandra Popp scored twice as Germany thumped debutants Morocco 6-0 to launch their Women's World Cup title charge in ominous fashion on Monday.

I just returned from Morocco, where I represented the Humanists International at a conference on interfaith dialogue, June 13 to 15. The Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Kingdom of Morocco...

A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced a leader of the kingdom's principal Islamist movement, which rejects the king's authority over religion, to a year in prison for "sexual harassment", an official in the movement said.

An early goal from Abdel Maali secured a 1-0 win against Golden Eaglets of Nigeria in their second Group B game at the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria on Wednesday.

The race for one of the African tickets to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup continues today with Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets tackling their Moroccan counterparts in their second game of the competition.