With the war against Spain ( 1859 – 1860 ) came direct involvement in European affairs — although the independence of Morocco was guaranteed in the Conference of Madrid ( 1880 ), the French gained ever greater influence.

When Morocco gained its indepence in the 1950s, the country also restated its claims over the still Spanish Western Sahara.

Al-Muqri ( sometimes spelled El Mokri ) left politics in 1955, shortly before Morocco gained its independence.

On 27 April 1925, therefore, alongside tactical and logistical support, air policing operations in Morocco were started owing to the so-called Rif War and they were to continue until December 1934, barely five months after the Armée de l ' Air had gained its independence from the army.

With the war against Spain ( 1859 – 1860 ) came direct involvement in European affairs — although the independence of Morocco was guaranteed in the Conference of Madrid ( 1880 ), the French gained ever greater influence.

* Morocco ( gained independence from France in 1956 ), no Community treaty applied there, besides ECSC preferences

It was renamed " Kenitra " in 1956 as Morocco gained its independence.

After Moroccan independence in 1956, the Alawid Order became a prerogative of the Alawid King and his heirs ; and the Order continues through the present day, the ribbon changed to the present look after Morocco gained independence.

After Morocco gained its independence in 1956, Al Hoceima developed quickly, and the Moroccan government changed its name from the Spanish Villa Alhucemas to Al Hoceima.

The region was returned to Morocco after the latter gained its independence in 1956.

When Morocco gained its independence in 1956 the Legion continued in existence as part of the garrison of the remaining Spanish enclaves and territories in North Africa.

Spain also gained some land from Northern Morocco which became Spanish Morocco.

There is some criticism against him from within the Polisario for preventing reforms inside the movement, and for insisting on a diplomatic course that has so far gained few concessions from Morocco, rather than re-launching the armed struggle favored by many within the movement.

Al-Fassi's ambitions gained more support in the beginning of the sixties, leading to a delay in the recognition of Mauritania ( independent in 1960, not recognised by Morocco until 1969 )..

During the 1950s and ' 60s, and into the 1970s, all of the North African states gained independence from their colonial European rulers, except for a few small Spanish colonies on the far northern tip of Morocco, and parts of the Sahara region, which went from Spanish to Moroccan rule.

The Wattasids were equally unable to consolidate the empire, so that in 1415 Portugal was able to occupy the town of Ceuta and by 1513 had gained control over all important harbours on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

The Cherifian Anthem ( Arabic: النشيد الوطني المغربي ) has been the anthem of the Kingdom of Morocco even before the country gained its independence in 1956.

Mahmood had gained control of Algeria via a coup during the previous game, and now the NAPF has just launched an offensive into an unnamed country, probably Morocco, while the SEAL team is enlisted to support local forces trying to repel the NAPF.

During this time Islamic and Arabic culture gained a stronghold in the towns and Morocco profited from the trans-Saharan trade, which came to be dominated by Muslim ( mostly Berber ) traders.

Ramzi was raised in Safi, and competed internationally for Morocco, winning the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1999 African Junior Athletics Championships and then winning at the national championships in 2001. until he joined the Bahraini armed forces and gained citizenship in 2002.

McArdle gained further caps for his country, coming on as a second half substitute four days later against Chile and later on in the year in November against Morocco.

He gained the trust of the Sultan of Morocco and his successor Moulay Abdelaziz through his service and fought against opposing tribes throughout Morocco.

Shortly after Algerian independence, Morocco started a border dispute in October 1963 in which Cuba sent troops to help Algeria ( see: Sand War ).

Spanish Guinea was granted independence as Equatorial Guinea in 1968, while the Moroccan enclave of Ifni had been ceded to Morocco in 1969.

In 1956, after 44 years of occupation Morocco regained independence from France as the Kingdom of Morocco.

When Morocco supported the Algerian independence movement of the Emir Abd al-Qadir, it was heavily defeated by the French in 1844 and made to abandon its support.

Although banned in 1953, France was obliged to grant Morocco independence on March 2, 1956, leaving behind them a legacy of urbanisation and the beginnings of an industrial economy.

However, the nationalists were disappointed in their belief that the Allied victory in Morocco would pave the way for independence.

Almost all speakers of the Judeo-Berber language left Morocco in the years following its independence.

Despite achieving independence in 1956, Morocco still has a strong relationship with its former colonizers.

Another increase in immigration from Morocco to France was during the Algerian war of independence.

The territory — an area of wasteland and desert bordering the Atlantic Ocean between Mauritania and Morocco — is contested by Morocco and the Polisario ( an independence movement based in the region of Tindouf, Algeria ).

Implementation of the settlement plan, which calls for a popular referendum among the Sahrawi natives of the territory to determine its final status ( integration into Morocco or independence ), has been repeatedly postponed because of differences between the parties.

Morocco however refused the plan, stating that it is no longer willing to accept a referendum that includes the possibility of independence, but that it is willing to discuss an autonomy-based solution.

* 1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.

Just a year later, UNHCR was tasked with dealing with Chinese refugees in Hong Kong, while also responding Algerian refugees who had fled to Morocco and Tunisia in the wake of Algeria's war for independence.

As part of the 1991 peace accords, a referendum was to be held among indigenous people, giving them the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco.

The visiting mission returned its report on October 15, announcing " an overwhelming consensus " in favor of independence ( as opposed to integration with Morocco or with Mauritania, or continued rule by Spain ).

This plan, its further detail fleshed out in the 1997 Houston Agreement, hinged upon Morocco's agreement to a referendum on independence or unification with Morocco voted by the Sahrawi population.

In 2003, the UN's envoy to the territory, James Baker, presented the Baker Plan, known as Baker II which would have given Western Sahara immediate autonomy as the Western Sahara Authority during a five-year transition period to prepare for a referendum, offering the inhabitants of the territory a choice between independence, autonomy within the Kingdom of Morocco, or complete integration with Morocco.

A referendum on independence or integration with Morocco was agreed upon by Morocco and the Polisario Front in 1991, but it has yet to take place.