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Marrakech to host 5th Global Entrepreneurship Summit on Nov. 19-21

Rabat - The 5th Edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit Morocco will be held as scheduled in Marrakech on November 19-21, 2014, said Monday the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation....

Nouvelle découverte pétrolière au large du Sénégal

Ce deuxième gisement appelé "SNE-1", dont les potentialités doivent encore être confirmées, se situe à 1.100 mètres de profondeur et à environ 100 kilomètres au large des côtes de Sangomar (littoral...

Sahara: Algeria betrays itself in front of pertinence of Morocco's answers before UN fourth committee

New York (UN) - Morocco reiterated before the UN fourth committee its steadfast attachment to the political process in the Moroccan Sahara, which necessarily depends on the UN Secretariat's...

Morocco's will to foster cooperation with Qatar underlined in Doha

Doha - There is a genuine will by the Moroccan government and private sector to foster their cooperation with Qatar, said on Wednesday Saleh Al Sharqi, member of secretariat of the federation of...

Niki Air starts operating Marrakech-Vienna flights

Marrakech-Menara airport - Austrian airline company "Niki Air" inaugurated on Wednesday its new air route between Marrakech and Vienna. The new flight will be operated by the carrier every...

US NGO urges population in Tindouf to seize opportunity of Morocco's autonomy plan

New York (UN) - American NGO "Teach the Children International" urged Wednesday the Sahrawi population sequestered in the Tindouf camps in Algeria "to abandon the role of the victim imposed on them"...

L'ONG US "Teach the Children International" appelle les populations de Tindouf à saisir l'opportunité de l'initiative marocaine d'autonomie

New York (Nations Unies) - L'ONG US "Teach the Children International" a appelé, mercredi, les populations sahraouies séquestrées à Tindouf à "se départir de la mentalité de victime dont veulent les...

Smithsonian Institution highlights Morocco's cultural heritage

Washington - Molly Fannon, Director of the Office of International Relations at the Smithsonian Institution, a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government,...

Paris international symposium lauds Morocco's efforts to combat extremism

Paris - International symposium "The Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue in the Feminine", held on Tuesday in Paris, hailed efforts by Morocco to fight extremism and promote Islam values of moderation. In...

Morocco reaffirms at UN 'firm commitment' to continuing cooperation and solidarity programs with African countries

New York (UN) - Morocco reaffirmed, Tuesday before the UNGA, its firm commitment to continuing cooperation and solidarity programs with African countries on the basis of win-win partnerships, urging...

Le chanteur Samir Staïfi n'est plus

Setif - Le chanteur sétifien Samir Belkheir, plus connu sous son nom d'artiste Samir Staïfi, s'est éteint mercredi à l'aube au centre hospitalo-universitaire de Sétif à l'âge de 66 ans des suites...

Sahara: Guatemala, CELAC call on parties to 'show political will'

New York (UN) - Guatemala and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) called on Tuesday in New York parties to the conflict over the Sahara to "show political will and cooperate...

Death of Moroccan woman in Côte d'Ivoire not caused by Ebola: medical sources

Abidjan - The death of a Moroccan woman on September 30 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, was not caused by the Ebola virus or any other contagious disease, said medical sources at the Treicheville...

Morocco has shown "shared commitment" to promoting entrepreneurship in Africa and around the world: US Department of State

Washington - Morocco, which has "graciously" opened its doors to host the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (next November), has shown its "shared commitment" to promoting entrepreneurship in Africa...

Pension funds reform in Morocco: a major union urges participatory approach'

Rabat - The Moroccan union of labour (UMT), one of the major labour unions in the Kingdom, called on the government to adopt a participatory approach in its pension funds reform plan . UMT...

Death of Moroccan diplomat in Pretoria: FM takes administrative, legal procedures in collaboration with South African authorities

Rabat - The ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said Tuesday it has taken administrative and legal procedures in collaboration with the South African authorities following the death of a...

Les partis de l'opposition lancent une initiative nationale pour la mise en œuvre de l'autonomie dans les provinces du sud du Royaume

Rabat - Les partis de l'Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP), de l'Istiqlal (PI), Authenticité et Modernité (PAM) et de l'Union Constitutionnelle (UC) ont lancé, mercredi à Rabat, une...

Autopsies on corpse of late Hassana Al Ouali showed he died of natural causes, public prosecutor's office

Rabat - The two autopsies performed on the corpse of late Hassana Al Ouali, who passed away on Sept. 28 at the Dakhla military hospital, showed that he died of natural causes, said the public...

Karim Belarabi Choses to Play for Mannschaft

Berlin - Moroccan Karim Belarabi, who has been called up by Germany's manager Joachim L?w, has chosen to play for Germany. The 21-year-old Bayer Leverkusen striker was born in Berlin to a Moroccan...

Baby Killed in Road Accident South of Morocco

Guelmim (south) - A baby was killed and three others injured in a road accident that occurred Friday northwest Guelmim. The car, carrying four people, overturned on the road linking the rural town...