RABAT  - Morocco's annual inflation rate stabilised at 1.8 percent in February, unchanged from January, data showed on Thursday.

Food prices rose 1.7 percent and non-food items rose 1.5 percent, the High Planning Authority said in a statement. Communications prices were unchanged, while prices for other materials and services rose 6.5 percent.

(Reporting by Zakia Abdennebi Writing by Aidan Lewis; editing by John Stonestreet) ((Aidan.Lewis@tr.com; +218-945405416))