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22 Moroccan nationals slightly injured in road accident in southern France

Paris - Twenty-two Moroccan nationals were slightly injured in a road accident that occurred early Sunday near Aix-en-Provence (South of France), consular sources indicated....

'Human error' blamed for Casablanca-Fez train crash

Rabat - The derailment, last Wednesday, of a Casablanca-Fez train at the entrance of the Zenata rail station (near Casablanca) was caused by a "human error", Morocco's railway company (ONCF) said...

Closure of Moroccan-Algerian border represents non-integration of Maghreb, hamper development in region

Paris - The closure of the Moroccan- Algerian borders represents the non-integration of the Maghreb and significantly hampers human and economic development in the region, French NGO Oxfam France...

5.7-Magnitude Quake Hits Southern Morocco

Rabat - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Saturday hit the southern Agadir Ida Outanane province, the National Geophysics Institute said, with no immediate reports of injury or damage....

General Bouchaib Arroub receives Commander of US AFRICOM

Upon the instructions of HM King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), General de Corps d'Armée Bouchaib Arroub, inspector general of the FAR and...

Le non Maghreb : le coût onéreux d'une union désespérément inopérante

Les estimations du coût du non-Maghreb ne se comptent plus. Les recherches universitaires et les travaux des organismes régionaux ou internationaux rivalisent dans l'estimation de ce coût et son...

Florence Kiplagat: ‘J’ai raté le championnat d’Afrique à Marrakech à cause d’un visa’

Nairobi : Florence Kiplagat a dit avoir été empêchée de participer au championnat d’Afrique d’athlétisme, organisé à Marrakech, à cause d’un problème de délivrance de Visa. Florence Kiplagat est...

Repatriation of 16,000 Moroccans in Libya since 2011, Ministry

Nearly 16,000 Moroccan nationals were brought home since the onset of hostilities in Libya in 2011, the Ministry in Charge of Moroccan Expats and Migration Issues announced.   Some 12,000...

Three Moroccan planes carrying humanitarian aid for Gazans land in Egypt

Three Moroccan planes carrying humanitarian aid for populations in the Gaza Strip arrived on Saturday in the Egyptian military airport of Al-Ismailia (east).   This is the second consignment...

Creation of award dedicated to late Mohamed Choukri

The Mohamed Choukri Foundation announced on Friday the creation of an international award dedicated to Moroccan writer late Mohamed Choukri which will be awarded every year to creative writings in...

Morocco Takes Part in Ceremony Commemorating 70th Anniversary of Landing in Provence

Government Chief, Abdelilah Benkirane, attended Friday off Toulon the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landing in Provence.    In a statement to the press, Benkirane...

Three killed in Egypt as Morsi backers, opponents clash Cairo

Three people were killed as supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi clashed after Friday prayers, security officials said, a day after five people died in sporadic...

With fresh investment, BuzzFeed expands anew

Washington - The social news group BuzzFeed unveiled a major new expansion plan, using a fresh infusion of $50 million in venture capital....

Google 'anti-aging' group has a website

San Francisco - Google's new company aimed at addressing problems of health and aging has taken a step forward -- with its own website and mission statement....

Twitter unveils video ads

San Francisco - Twitter on Tuesday unveiled a new advertising program that delivers "promoted videos" to the tweet stream of users of the popular messaging platform....

Ordnance blast kills five in Gaza as truce nears end

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) - Israeli ordnance exploded in Gaza Wednesday, killing five people including a foreign journalist, as bomb experts tried to disable a missile on the last day of a...

Time running out for Iraqis besieged by jihadists

Dohuk (Iraq) - With time running out for thousands of Iraqis trapped by jihadists, caretaker premier Nuri al-Maliki Wednesday defied international pressure to step aside to foster reconciliation and...

Algeria uses psychotropic drugs to undermine Morocco

Rabat - For Algeria, all means are good to undermine Morocco and its interests. In addition to a hyperactive and anti-Moroccan diplomacy and an Algerian oil mobilized to harm the Moroccan interests...

French Michelle Pierette who entered Morocco as tourist took part in Tangier in unauthorized gathering

Tangier - The French national Jeanny Michelle Pierette Françoise, AKA Michèle Decaster, who entered the national territory on August 6, 2014 via the Mohammed V airport as a tourist, took part on...

Ban Ki-Moon to Asilah Moussem: much remains to be done to achieve MDGs

Asilah - 500 days ahead of the deadline for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there remains much to be done in light of the global results achieved and for the elaboration...