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Casablanca to Host First Business Aviation Fair in Africa

Casablanca - The first business aviation fair in Africa will be held on September 1-2 at the International Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, the Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics said....

Séminaire Chanter la beauté du monde octobre 2015

du 16 au 19 octobre, Céligny, Genève. L’association Les deux Ailes réédite le cycle "Chanter la beauté du monde, la voie du coeur" du...

Ahly, Pirates, Zamalek chase semis slots

Johannesburg - Orlando Pirates of South Africa must win, Al Ahly must win and get help, and fellow Egyptians Zamalek need a draw to secure CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals places this weekend....

1,294 criminals arrested Sunday across national territory

Rabat - Operations conducted by national police services, last Sunday, across the Moroccan territory led to the arrest of 1,294 people involved in criminal acts, said national police body (DGSN)....

Official calls for fostering coordination and joint action to promote expats' situation

Rabat - Secretary general of the Council of Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) Abdellah Boussouf called, on Monday in Rabat, for fostering coordination and joint action between the different...

Moroccan athletes shine in Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles

Los Angeles - The Moroccan Special Olympics athletes shined during the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games which opened on July 25 in Los Angeles, California. The Moroccan 36-member team...

New air routes between Tenerife, Agadir and Marrakech launched

Madrid - Canary Islands' carrier "Binter Canarias" announced the launch this week of a new direct air routes between Tenerife and the cities of Agadir and Marrakech. The first Tenerife-Marrakech...

Around 260,000 students to get compulsory health insurance

Rabat - Around 260,000 students will get compulsory health insurance in the upcoming academic year and the number will exceed 460,000 in the five coming years, said delegate minister for higher...

RAM hits record traffic over weekend with over 55,000 passengers

Rabat - Moroccan carrier RAM announced on Monday that it hit a record traffic over the weekend (Aug. 1-2) with over 55,000 passengers using 418 round trip flights. RAM said in a statement that...

Arab interior ministers council condemns appalling killing of Palestinian baby in West Bank

Rabat - The secretariat general of the Arab interior ministers council flatly condemned the appalling crime of killing a Palestinian baby in the West Bank. In a statement on Monday, the council...

Tunisia extends state of emergency by two months

Tunis - A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia after a jihadist gunman killed 38 foreign tourists in June is to be extended for two months, the president's office announced Friday....

Dentist posed for photo with body of Cecil the lion

Johannesburg - Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst told AFP Friday he did nothing wrong on the hunt that killed Cecil the lion, adding he was shocked to find the animal was wearing a...

Muslims in C. Africa 'forced to abandon religion'

Libreville - Many Muslims returning to western areas of the Central African Republic after last year's intercommunal massacres are being threatened and "forced to abandon their religion," Amnesty...

Throne day: Washington "proud" of "strategic partnership" with Morocco

Washington - The United States said Thursday it is "proud to partner with Morocco on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from cultural and educational exchanges to military cooperation....

Diplomat denies statements attributed to him on Ali Lmrabet's situation

Geneva - Morocco's permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Mohamed Aujjar, flatly denied statements attributed to him by a Moroccan website regarding the situation of Ali Lmrabet, who staged a...

African Development Bank supports Morocco's economic competitiveness with 114.5 million dollars

Casablanca - The African Development Bank (AfDB) extended on Tuesday to Morocco a loan and two donations, worth 114.5 million dollars, to finance a program to support the competitiveness of the...

Morocco's prison observatory calls for ending overcrowding and reconsidering penal system and correctional policy

Rabat - The Moroccan prison observatory called for addressing the problem of prison overcrowding through a revision of the penal system and the correctional policy....

Moroccan delegate foreign minister meets Bosnian FM in Madrid

Madrid -Morocco's delegate minister for foreign affairs and cooperation, Mbarka Bouaida, and Bosnian foreign minister Igor Crnadak, who chairs the ministers committee of the European Council, held a...

Fondapol - Table ronde 3 : Citoyenneté, Démocratie

Débats à La Fondapol le 14 juin à Paris sous le thème "Valeurs d’islam, république et citoyenneté" Autour de l'animatrice Nadia...

Morocco strongly condemns Al Aqsa invasion by Jewish extremist groups

Rabat - Morocco strongly condemned on Sunday Al Aqsa invasion by Jewish extremist groups. "While strongly condemning this dangerous and unacceptable escalation that harms the sacredness of Al Aqsa...