Morocco
Facts and historical events related to Morocco, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- The streets will never forget how Adel Taarabt, the Moroccan professional footballer was with the ball. He…
- Highest-Paid African Presidents (as at 01/01/2025) 1. Paul Biya - Cameroon 🇨🇲 Monthly Salary: $51,748 Ann…
- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 pe… (2023)
- Africa's top 20 military powers today ranked by country, from strongest to weakest. 1. Egypt🇪🇬 Algeria🇩�…
- Check out our stunning beauties at the Miss World 1967 pageant... The Gambia (Janie Jack), Ghana (Araba Mar…
- African nations with the highest number of Internet users (millions) 1. Nigeria 🇳🇬 154.3 million 2. Egypt…
- In 2018, 11 African nations did not vote for Morocco's 2026 World Cup bid. *In 1987 Morocco, which quit the…
- According to the UN-sponsored World Happiness Report 2021, here are the 10 happiest countries in Africa: 1.…
- Do you know that in 2021, we still have parts of Africa held as European territories? Ceuta and Melilla in…
- We currently have 690,000 professional tech developers across Africa today with South Africa, Nigeria, Egyp…
- UPDATE: 18 of Africa's 54 countries that have confirmed cases of coronavirus, with all 5 deaths occurring i…
- Nigeria has the worst police in the world, followed by DRC, Kenya and Uganda, says the World Internal Secur…
- Morocco formally recognized the United States by signing a treaty of peace and friendship in 1787, a docume…
- The 10 most competitive economies in Africa, 2019. 1.Mauritius 🇲🇺 2. South Africa 🇿🇦 3. Morocco 🇲🇦 4.…
- Latest FIFA Rankings—Top 20 African countries Senegal🇸🇳20th Tunisia🇹🇳29 Nigeria🇳🇬33 Algeria🇩🇿40th M…
- Do you know that Morocco, which had earlier quit the African Union, applied to join the European Union in 1…
- Pope Francis visited Morocco, meeting with King Mohammed VI and migrants. (2019)
- The prestigious 2019 QS World University Rankings has been released. Only 17 African universities—from Sout…
- 8 African nations have lunched 28 satellites into space: South Africa🇿🇦 (6) Nigeria🇳🇬 (6) Algeria🇩🇿 (…
- These are the African countries with the highest number of active tech hubs: South Africa 🇿🇦 59 Nigeria �…
- These African countries don't recognize Israel: (forbid passport holders 🚫) Algeria🚫 Niger Chad Sudan🚫 L…
- As 🇺🇸 celebrates 4th of July, Morocco was the very first country on Earth to recognise USA as an independ…
- Africa's richest monarch, King Muhammed IV of Morocco. Worth $5.7 billion, 5th Africa's richest person.
- 1. The magnificent Bahia Palace at Marrakech, Morocco. It took the best craftsmen 6 years nonstop work (189…
- Man United/Belgian star Marouan Fellaini is from Morocco. Almost represented Morocco at Beijing '08 Olympic…
- Casablanca, Morocco's most important city; has the 7th largest mosque on Earth and the biggest port in Nort…
- Chefchaouen, the modest, beautiful blue city of Morocco...
- Until 2005 non-Muslims couldnt stay overnight in Moulay Idriss, Morocco. Guide books warned tourists to lea…
- Western Sahara has no recognized government nor capital. Morocco is not a member of the African Union becau…
- Here's Africa's richest King, Mohammed VI of Morocco, (net worth: $2,000,000,000). Princess Lalla Salma's h…
- Al-Qarawiyyin University, Fes, Morocco, is the OLDEST university on Earth, operating for 1,156 years (since…
- Estevanico (1500-1539), a Berber (Morocco), is the first known African to step foot on the territory now kn…
- View of Africa from the southernmost point of Europe, Gibraltar. The Atlas Mountains (Morocco) are clearly…
- So much about Columbus, but our own Ibn Battuta, from Morocco spent 30 years traveling over 75,000 miles in…
- Morocco was the first country in the world to formally acknowledge the United States of America as an indep…
- Africa, here's your 5 richest Kings; 2 Nigerians, a Moroccan, Ghanaian and Swaziland's absolute ruler http:…
- Malcolm X in 1959 & 1964 visited Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Sudan, Senegal, Liberia…
- Louis Vuitton (luxury brand) has only 4 stores in Africa; 2 in Morocco and 2 in South Africa. Gucci has 3;…
- The Sahara Desert covers at least part of of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,…
- Abd-al-Mumin was a Negro Berber from Morocco who by 1150 AD became the all conquering master of Spain. A le…