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Two policemen suspended over corruption inquiry in southern Morocco

Rabat - Two policemen have been suspended on a corruption inquiry after they were filmed asking and taking a bribe from a tourist, a police source said on Sunday. The two policemen have been...

Abdessalam Seddiki : Morocco's cultural diversity conducive to Moroccans openness - MinisterMorocco's cultural diversity conducive to Moroccans openness

Meknès - The inherent diversity in Moroccan culture and identity is conducive to the openness of Moroccans towards the world and to their attachment to lofty ideals and universal values, Employment...

European Council of Moroccan Ulema calls for united front against terrorism, Islamophobia

Copenhagen - The European Council of Moroccan Ulema (CEOM) called, on Sunday in Copenhagen, for a united front in Europe against terrorism, hatred and Islamophobia in the wake of the terrorist...

Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire hold economic forum in Marrakech

Marrakech - Morocco and cote d'Ivoire will hold on Jan.21 their economic forum in Marrakech to probe how the two African countries can promote their co-emergence drive....

Tariq Ramadan: 'Double standard of freedom of expression'

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Les cours du pétrole reculent à Londres, plombés par une production surabondante

Londres - Les prix du pétrole continuaient de reculer lundi lors des échanges européens, chutant à 48,83 dollars, un nouveau plus bas niveau en près de 6 ans, plombés par une production surabondante...

MASEN : Acwa-Sener grouping picked to develop Noor II and Noor III solar projects

Rabat - The grouping made up of Acwa Power and Sener was picked by the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) to develop the phases I and II of Ouarzazate's Noor solar complex....

Rally in Rabat in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo victims

Rabat - A rally in solidarity with the victims of Charlie Hebdo shootings was staged, on Friday in front of French news agency office (AFP) in Rabat, with the participation of journalists, artists,...

Inflation drops to 0.4% in 2014 HCP

Rabat - The annual inflation rate in 2014 dropped to a relatively low 0.4% in 2014 down from 1.9% in 2013, Morocco's statistics office, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said....

Mining, services main drivers of the Moroccan economy in 2014 HCP

Rabat - Mining and services were the main contributors to Morocco's economic growth in 2014, Morocco's statistics office, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said....

Qatar donates 35 million dirhams to build road in Rhamna province

Rabat - Qatar donated 35 million dirhams, on Thursday, to help build a road linking rural localities in the province of Rhamna. An agreement...

Arab League Urges Donors to Provide Emergency Aid to Syrian refugees

Cairo - Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, on Thursday urged donor countries and Arab and international organizations, including UN agencies, to provide emergency humanitarian aid...

Morocco Well Located to Become Power Hub in Mediterranean

Brussels - Morocco is well located to become a real power hub between Europe and Africa, President of Medgrid consortium, André Merlin, said Tuesday. "When we look at the geography of the...

Second Group of 108 Malian Imams in Training in Morocco

Bamako - A second group of 108 Malian imams on Monday flew to Morocco in application of the royal initiative on the training of 500 Malian imams in the Kingdom, official sources in Bamako said....

All security measures are taken to protect eastern borders

Rabat - Morocco is taking all military and security measures to permanently protect its borders especially to the east, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Cherki Drais said on...

France says ready to strike extremists on Libya border

Paris - France said Monday its troops south of Libya are ready to strike extremists crossing the border, but the speaker of Libya's internationally recognized parliament rejected any Western military...

Pope names 20 cardinals, many from developing world

Vatican City - Pope Francis named 20 new cardinals, a majority of them from Africa, Asia and Latin America, increasingly key areas as the Roman Catholic Church's support shifts from its traditional...

At least eight dead in raid on Mali army base

Bamako - At least eight people were killed in a gun attack Monday on a Malian army base close to the Mauritanian border, a UN military source said....

Gunmen shoot dead two Egyptian policemen

Cairo - Gunmen shot dead two Egyptian policemen in a pre-dawn attack while they were on patrol Tuesday in the southern city of Minya, the interior ministry said....

France: deux ex-miliciens algériens vont être jugés pour torture

Nimes - Deux ex-membres des milices anti-islamistes qui ont participé à la guerre civile algérienne dans les années 90 vont être jugés en France pour des actes de torture, une première saluée par les...