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Qatar, Morocco Review Bilateral Ties
Rabat - Official from Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Al-Tazi on Wednesday met with Qatar's ambassador to Morocco, Abdullah Bin Falah Abdullah A-Dosari, Qatar News Agency...
Algeria To Re-Open Border With Libya After Crisis Over
Algiers - Algeria said Wednesday it will re-open its border with Libya and embassy there as soon as the security crisis in the neighbouring country is over, Xinhua news agency reported....
Algeria authorizes shale gas exploitation
Algiers, Algeria - Algeria's Cabinet has announced it will move forward with the exploitation of the country's large shale gas reserves.
The...
Belmokhtar, U.S. Ambassador welcome results of 'ITQAN' program
Rabat - Minister of national education and vocational training, Rachid Belmokhtar, and U.S. ambassador in Rabat, Dwight L.Bush S., welcomed Wednesday in Rabat "the positive results" of "ITQAN"...
Accident kills 5, injures 37 near Tifelt
Tifelt - Five people were killed and 37 others injured, including five seriously, on Wednesday in a road accident near Tiflet (Province of Khemisset), said local authorities. The accident occurred...
Morocco should ensure safety of water supply due to climate variability, UN commission
Rabat - Morocco should ensure the safety of water supply due to climate variability, notably through setting up a national program for a more efficient use of water in all sectors, said a the report...
Reform of pension systems requires establishment of public/private mechanism which leads into single plan, Jettou
Rabat - The reform of the pension systems, in the medium and long term, requires the establishment of a public/private mechanism which leads into a single plan, supported by required and other...
Moroccan film follows the path of suicide bombers
Rabat, Morocco - There's a moment in the Moroccan film "Horses of God" when the protagonist and a friend successfully repair an old moped and cruise around the dusty alleys of the desperately poor...
Tunisian artist looks at harsh realities of life
New Delhi - Nadia Kaabi-Linke grew up in Tunisia and Ukraine, countries caught in political upheavals, but the artist has not expressed the complexity of these events through her craft. What, in...
Tunisia to raise petrol prices by 6.3 percent in next few days
Tunis - Tunisia will raise petrol prices by 6.3 percent in next few days to cut subsidies fuel and reduce the worsening budget deficit, the finance minster said on thursady. The finance minister...
Health reform: Rabat and Mexico agree on global cooperation program
Geneva - Morocco and Mexico moved a step ahead towards the global program of cooperation and expertize sharing in terms of health reform, capacity-building and access to health care....
Exchange of family visits: a Sahrawi family from Tindouf camps chooses to stay in Morocco
Laayoune - A Sahrawi family from the Tindouf camps, composed of six members, currently in Morocco as part of the exchange of family visits between the camps and the Moroccan southern provinces,...
More drilling for Circle Oil in Morocco
Dublin, Ireland - Circle Oil, an Irish exploration company with a focus on the Middle East, said Monday it started its third drilling campaign in Morocco....
Tunisia forms commission to investigate abuses
Tunisia has formed a commission to investigate the abuses and compensate the victims of decades of dictatorship.
Three years after the ouster...
Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general
Benghazi/Tripoli, Libya - The commander of Libyan army special forces said on Monday he had allied with renegade general Khalifa Haftar in his campaign against militant Islamists, highlighting the...
Algeria's Sonatrach recalls workers from Libya, land border closed
Algiers - The Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach has ordered its workers back from Libya over security concerns in the neighboring country, a source at the company said on Monday....
Morocco participates in workshop on fight against transnational threats in Sahel in Dakar
Dakar - A workshop on "the fight against transnational threats in the Sahel" kicked off Monday in Dakar with the participation of a number of experts and specialists from several international and...
Moroccan economy has shown resilience with growth rate of 4.7 pc in 2013, AfDB
Kigali - The Moroccan economy has shown resilience with a growth rate of 4.7 pc in 2013, driven mainly by domestic consumption and public investment, notes the African Development Bank (AfDB)....
Morocco strongly condemns Saturday violence in Mali, Foreign Affairs Ministry
Rabat - Morocco condemned on Monday the acts of violence in northern Mali which took place on Saturday, causing several casualties.
Morocco...
UNGA adopts Moroccan resolution to foster UN-IPU cooperation
New York (UN) - The UN General Assembly adopted, on Monday without voting, a resolution submitted by Morocco to reinforce cooperation between the UN, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and national...