Every June since 1998, the city of Essaouira celebrates the music of the descendants of African slaves called Gnawa. This year musician Wayne Shorter and Justin Adams mixed with the Moroccan music masters called <i>maâlem</i>.
NGOs and African families have accused Moroccan authorities of deliberately capsizing boats full of illegal immigrants trying to make their way to Europe. (Report: J.M. Lemaire, Patrick Lovett)
Several people were arrested in the south of France after police intercepted a helicopter coming from Morocco with 560 kg of cananabis on board. A haul of this size has a street value of 600,000 euros.
Artists and audiences from around the world have gathered in Fes to attend the 14th World Sacred Music Festival, which is a hymn to peace, harmony and inter-faith dialogue.
In three years, prices in the Moroccan real estate market have increased up to 150%. Luxury houses for foreigners and speculation explain the boom, while locals have trouble paying rent. (Report: Jean-Marie Lemaire, Nicolas Guillou)
Former French coach Roger Lemerre will take over Morocco's national team. For now, he is still coaching the Tunisian selection, and will be in charge when Henri Michel's contract with Morocco's football federation ends in June.
The owner and manager of a mattress factory gutted by fire have been taken into custody. At least 55 people were killed in the blaze on Saturday.(Report: O.Salazar-Winspear)
Flames claimed the lives of at least 55 people and injured several others in a mattress factory in Casablanca. The cause of the blaze was unclear. (Report: N. Rushworth)
