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Aid Al-Adha à Guelmim : des traditions en voie de disparition

Guelmim- Malgré les mutations sociales et l'extension urbanistique, les familles dans la province de Guelmim, à l'instar des autres régions du Royaume, restent attachées à des traditions et coutumes...

Morocco Calls for Population Census in Tindouf Camps

Geneva - Morocco called, here Tuesday, for conducting a population census in Tindouf camps as "a prerequisite for sustainable solutions"....

Morocco Takes Part in 4th High Level Meeting On Mali

Paris - Morocco participated, here Tuesday, at the 4th High Level Meeting on Mali, which is a follow-up to the international donor conference 'Together for a new Mali'.

Guinean Official Says Morocco, Source of Spiritual Light for Africa

United Nations - Morocco is a source of spiritual light for Africa and Guinea that has been, for centuries, attached to the Maliki rite, Guinea's Secretary General of Religious Affairs, Abdallah...

UN Official Says Morocco Has 'Good Practices' in Teaching Religion, Moderate Islam

United Nations - Morocco has "good practices" in teaching religion and moderate Islam, Executive Director of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, Assistant...

Malian Minister Says Training Malian Imams in Morocco Gives Cause for Hope

United Nations - Morocco's support to train Malian imams in the Kingdom gives cause for hope, Malian Minister of Religious Affairs, Thierno Amadou Diallo Omar Hass, said Tuesday....

Lahcen Aït Lafkih : Al Aslmad amazigh, anthropologue et défenseur des droits de l'Homme

Errachidia - Il est Aslmad (enseignant en amazigh), anthropologue et défenseur des droits de l'Homme. Lahcen Aït Lafkih, écrivain-chercheur, est l'un de ces amazighs qui se sont consacrés à la...

"Rabouz" ou le soufflet traditionnel, un ustensile qui renait de ses cendres à chaque fête de l'Aïd Al Adha

Meknès - A chaque fête de l'Aïd Al Adha, des métiers traditionnels authentiques, qui continuent de résister aux nouveaux modes de vie, en profitent pour s'offrir des moments de répit, même éphémères....

Swiss company invests 65 mln euros in Moroccan bio-agriculture

Geneva - "Eléphant Vert", leading Swiss bio-fertilizer company, gained a foothold in Morocco where it is in the process of setting up three production units in Meknes, Agadir and Berkane for an...

Oil products' prices down as of Oct. 1, diesel oil unchanged

Rabat - The prices of premium gasoline, fuel oil n2, fuel oil n2 ONE and special fuel will decline as of Oct. 1, 2014, while the price of diesel oil will remain fixed at 9.69MAD/liter, announced the...

Morocco, Portugal sign draft cooperation agreement in agricultural, sanitary and phytosanitary fields

Rabat - The minister of agriculture and sea fisheries Aziz Akhannouch and Portuguese secretary of state for food-processing industry Nuno Vieirae Brito signed, on Monday in Rabat, a draft cooperation...

Morocco Elected Member of UNHRC Advisory Committee

Rabat - Morocco's Mohamed Bennani was elected, Friday in Geneva, member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Advisory Committee, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The election of Mohamed Bennani...

Tabaski ou Aïd al Adha : la fête qui métamorphose le quotidien des Sénégalais

Dakar - Aïd Al Adha, communément appelé "Tabaski" en Wolof, se prépare activement sur l'étendu du Sénégal, plongeant le quotidien de la population dans une ambiance effervescente qui s'avive...

Sahara : Le Burkina Faso salue l'initiative marocaine d'autonomie, une "alternative crédible et réaliste"

New York (Nations Unies) -Le Burkina Faso a salué, lundi devant l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, l'initiative marocaine d'autonomie, comme étant une "alternative crédible et réaliste pour une...

Benkirane Calls for Overcoming Deficiencies Hampering Tourism Sector

Rabat - Government Chief Abdelilah Benkirane called, here Monday, for correcting the deficiencies that hamper the tourism sector from improving its competitiveness nationally, regionally and...

Morocco, Spain Set to Consolidate Cooperation in Energy

Rabat - Morocco and Spain reiterated, here Monday, their determination to reinforce cooperation in the energy field. Rabat and Madrid emphasize...

Sahara: Bahrain Reiterates its Support to Morocco's Territorial Integrity

Manama - Bahrain on Monday reiterated its full support to Morocco's territorial integrity and the autonomy initiative proposed by the kingdom to reach a final political settlement to the Sahara...

Sahara: Burkina Faso hails Moroccan autonomy initiative, credible and realistic alternative

New York (UN) - Burkina Faso hailed, on Monday before the UNGA, the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a credible and realistic alternative for a final solution. On the Sahara issue, Burkina Faso...

Speaker of House of Advisors meets with speaker of Mauritius' National Assembly

Rabat - Speaker of the House of Advisors Mohamed Sheikh Biadillah met, on Monday in Rabat, with speaker of Mauritius' national assembly Abdool Razack Mohamed Ameen Peeroo. A statement by the House...

George Clooney et Amal Alamuddin annoncés à Marrakech pour leur lune de miel

Marrakech : L'acteur-réalisateur américain George Clooney, l’une des plus grandes stars de Hollywood, scelle officiellement, aujourd’hui, lundi 29 septembre, son mariage avec l’élue de son cœur, la...