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Moroccan-Spanish International Meetings held March 25-26 in Tangier & Tetouan

Tetouan - Moroccan-Spanish International meetings will be held in Tangier and Tetouan this March 25-26, at the initiative of Abdelmalek Esaâdi University and the International Universities of...

OECD foreign relations committee approves country-program with Morocco

Paris - The foreign relations committee of the Organization for Economic cooperation and development (OECD) has approved end of last week the country-program with Morocco....

L’allégeance de Boko Haram à l’organisation de l’Etat islamique (Daech) : une transnationalisation du djihad ?

Samedi 7 mars, Boko Haram, via une vidéo postée sur le compte twitter de son chef Abubakar Shekau en arabe (avec sous-titre en anglais et en français) a fait acte d’allégeance au calife Abou Bakr...

France – Maroc, l’impossible rupture

Après des mois de crise, Laurent Fabius vient d’effectuer une visite au Maroc pour parachever la reprise des relations entre les deux pays. "Les discussions porteront sur les ambitions renouvelées du...

Morocco's Government Chief Hold Talks with Italian Defense Minister

Rabat - Government Chief Abdelilah Benkirane held, here Thursday, talks with Italian Defense minister Roberta Pinotti, on a working visit to Morocco....

Privatisation de la Société Ivoirienne de Banque : Le groupe Attijariwafa Bank acquiert de nouvelles parts

Abidjan - Le gouvernement ivoirien, réuni mercredi à Abidjan en conseil des ministres, a annoncé la privatisation par l'Etat de la Société Ivoirienne de Banque (SIB), à travers la cession de ses...

France to boost Sahel troops to help Boko Haram fight

Paris - France will boost its military presence in the troubled Sahel region of Africa where jihadist groups operate to support the fight against Boko Haram, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said...

Mali rebels begin talks to mull peace deal

Bamako - Mali's Tuareg-led rebels met Wednesday in the northeast of the country to decide whether to sign a peace deal already accepted by the government and smaller armed groups, a participant told...

Egypt investor meet to showcase Sisi's political clout

Cairo - Egypt hosts a foreign investor conference Friday it hopes will jump-start its battered economy while showcasing international support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he battles...

Lancement à Rabat de la saison culturelle France-Maroc 2015

Rabat - La saison culturelle France-Maroc 2015 a été lancée, lundi soir à Rabat, avec au menu plus de 300 jours de programmation et une vingtaine d'événements majeurs. "Le lancement de la saison...

Inter-Libyan dialogue: progress in issues of national unity govt. and security arrangements

Rabat - UNSG special representative for Libya Bernardino Leon announced, on Friday in Rabat, that progress has been made in the two main topics on the table of inter-Libyan political talks, held...

Présentation à Casablanca du "Guide africain de néphrologie pédiatrique"

Casablanca - L'ouvrage "Guide africain de la néphrologie pédiatrique" du professeur Amal Bourquia a été présenté, jeudi soir à Casablanca, à l'occasion des journées mondiales de la néphrologie et de...

Inter-Libyan Political Talks: All Stakeholders Show 'Positive', 'Constructive' Spirit

Skhirate (Rabat suburbs) - Bernardino León , Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), said, here Thursday, that all Libyan stakeholders have...

Moroccan economy shows resilience to external shocks in 2014

Rabat - The Moroccan economy showed resilience to external shocks in 2014 despite the unfavourable international context, Economy and Finance Minister said on Thursday in Rabat....

Burkina orders exhumation of slain leader Sankara's corpse

Ouagadougou - The government of Burkina Faso has ordered former president Thomas Sankara's corpse to be exhumed, potentially rekindling controversy over the 1987 assassination of one of Africa's most...

Egypt interior minister replaced in reshuffle

Cairo - Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, whose security forces have struggled to curb attacks by Islamist militants, was replaced in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, the presidency...

Boko Haram kills 68, including children, in NE Nigeria: witnesses

Maiduguri (Nigeria) - Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two witnesses and two vigilantes told AFP Thursday....

Le réalisateur mauritanien Abderrahmane Sissako "fier" de la projection de "Timbuktu" dans six villes marocaines

Nouakchott - Le réalisateur mauritanien Abderrahmane Sissako a exprimé sa fierté de voir son film "Timbuktu" projeté dans six villes marocaines, à l'occasion de la dernière édition du Festival...

12ème édition du Festival International des Nomades, du 13 au 15 mars à M'hamid El Ghizlane

Ouarzazate - La 12ème édition du Festival International des Nomades se tiendra, du 13 au 15 mars courant à M'hamid El Ghizlane (Province de Zagora), à l'initiative de l'Association nomades du monde...

Morocco set to boost trade with Muslims countries

Casablanca - Morocco is committed to strengthen its trade and commercial ties with Muslim countries, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Industry, Trade, Investment and the Digital Economy, in...