The Rif region refers to the Rif Mountains on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. Most of the terrain in this region is mountainous, with only a few narrow valleys that are habitable or usable for ...

Imzouren - Moroccan police have detained four people in northern Morocco, an official and an activist said, as protests continued for a second week in the neglected Rif region. "There have been three ...

The unrest in the Rif is based in their tumultuous history as a battered people on Morocco’s northern periphery. Understanding their history, the people of the Rif need to be treated with ...

People took to the streets in Morocco’s northern Rif region as part of the kingdom’s biggest wave of civil unrest since Arab Spring-inspired rallies six years ago. Police fired tear gas and ...

AL HOCEIMA, Morocco — Moroccan authorities were engaged in a manhunt on Saturday for a protest leader in the neglected Rif region after his arrest was ordered for interrupting an imam's prayer sermon ...

The rumble of discontent in the bleak, brown Rif mountains of northern Morocco (TIME, Dec. 22) grew so loud that King Mohammed V and his politicians in Rabat could no longer ignore it. Last week ...

Morocco on Monday rejected accusations by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that it obstructed coverage of months of unrest and protests that have shaken the northern Rif region. In ...

'The Moroccan authorities are gradually turning this region into a no-go zone for independent media', says Reporters Without Borders RABAT, Morocco – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ...