The Latest Breaking News from Morocco

Experts warn aftershocks could last for ‘months’

Morocco's King Mohammed VI showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday when he visited a hospital in Marrakech and spoke with the injured survivors of the country's deadliest earthquake in six decades. The earthquake, with its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains, took the lives of more than 2,900 people. Read…

Brahim Inknjtaoun is raising funds to help his former mountain guide colleagues who are assisting with rescue and recovery efforts after Friday’s magnitude 6.8 shaker.

The earthquake has revealed fault lines in Morocco’s society as residents in the countryside struggle to access aid.

After an initial response that was described as too slow by some survivors, search and rescue efforts speed up.

International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night has killed 2,681 and injured more than 2,500

This programme is dedicated to the people of Morocco in mourning right now for the more than 2,000 people killed in the earthquake. We examine what happened, why it proved so devastating and take a look at the difficult rescue effort which includes recovering and getting aid to those in…

Queensland police officers behind ‘sickening’ racist comments escape sanction; as many as 2,000 feared dead in Libyan city; the desperate wait for help in quake-hit parts of Morocco continues

In the aftermath of natural disasters, internet users often take to social media to post images claiming to show the damages of such events. These images, however, were often captured during other tragic events. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we take you through the fake images circulating on…

Rescue teams – including experts from the UK – arrive to help urgent search almost 72 hours after disaster

Experts believe the African plate moved north and collided with the Eurasian plate, causing the quake.