CASABLANCA -- On April 29, the day after a terrorist bomb in a popular Marrakesh tourist cafe left 16 dead, the Moroccan government said the attack would have no impact on promised political reforms. Yet in the weeks that have followed, peaceful demonstrations have been banned by the authorities, and attempted protest marches violently repressed....
ON the industrial outskirts of Casablanca, Morocco, feral dogs roam the grounds of an abandoned meatpacking plant. Today, the sprawling factory, still replete with dangling meat hooks and blood-stained floors, is the unlikely venue for Casablanca's largest independent art exhibition space, Les Transculturelles des Abattoirs, or the Transcultural...
Two brothers strapped with explosives blew themselves up near an American cultural center in Casablanca on Saturday, and the police arrested another three people -- including one wearing an explosives belt -- hours later, an official said. The attacks came just days after three people suspected of being militants blew themselves up as they were...
Casablanca, arab. ad-Dar al-Bayda, الدارالبيضاء (begge navne betyder "det Hvide Hus"), er en by i landet Marokko i Nordvestafrika.
Byen ligger ud til Atlanterhavet. Den er Marokkos største by med 3,8 mill. indbyggere.
Casablanca er Marokkos økonomiske og kommunikationsmæssige centrum. Desuden er den en vigtig industriby.
Byen har to internationale lufthavne og en af Afrikas vigtigste havne. Ligeledes er den centrum for jernbanenettet i landet.