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Algeria's Bouteflika offers reforms to sceptical opposition
Algiers - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, newly re-elected despite suffering a stroke last year, has proposed a raft of reforms including setting a two-term presidential limit and delegating...
Lahcen Haddad on CNN: Morocco seeks to diversify offer, target new int'l tourism markets
Washington - Morocco is targeting new international tourism markets such as the Gulf countries, Eastern Europe and Latin America, by diversifying and consolidating the infrastructure sector, which...
Morocco-Mali economic forum: CGEM head calls for setting up bank of investment projects
Bamako - Head of the Moroccan employers' body (CGEM) Meriem Bensalah Chaqroun called, on Wednesday in Bamako, for the setting up of a Moroccan-Malian bank of investment projects to target and...
Forum économique Maroc-Mali : La présidente de la CGEM appelle à Bamako à la mise en place d'une banque de projets d'investissement
Bamako - La présidente de la Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc (CGEM), Mme Meriem Bensalah Chaqroun a appelé, mercredi à Bamako, à la mise en place d'une banque maroco-malienne de...
Counter-terror fight: Mohamed Salah Tamek highlights in Washington Morocco's multidimensional approach
Washington - Delegate-general of the penitentiary and reintegration administration Mohamed Salah Tamek highlighted, on Monday in Washington, Morocco's multidimensional approach to prevent and fight...
Ban Ki-moon appoints Canadian Kim Bolduc as head of MINURSO
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced, Monday, in New York, the appointment of Canadian Kim Bolduc as his special representative and Head of MINURSO, said the office of the...
Morocco, an 'interesting destination', LH Aviation president
Paris - Morocco is an " interesting destination to settle in," said president of French aircraft manufacturer LH Aviation, Christophe Rémy, noting that the combination of a number of factors have led...
Morocco to participate in int'l meeting on agricultural auxiliary industry in Almeria
Madrid - The 8th international meeting on agricultural auxiliary industry (Agro Expo) will take place on May 13-15 in Almeria (South of Spain), with the participation of several countries, including...
Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on Sahara, parliamentary source
Bogota - The Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on the Sahara issue, said a Colombian parliamentary source.
The agenda of the Senate...
Algeria: 12 militants killed on border with Mali
Algiers - Algerian army has killed a total of 12 militants linked to Al Qaeda during a week's raid in the province of Tamanrasset, near the border with Mali, media reported Monday....
Football - Algeria name provisional 30-man World Cup squad
Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic named the following 30-man squad on Monday for next month's World Cup in Brazil:
Goalkeepers: Azzedine Doukha...
Valérie Trierweiler avec Tahar Benjelloun à Marrakech
Valérie Trierweiler, l'ex-compagne du président français François Hollande fait toujours parler d'elle. Ses déplacements suscitent la curiosité des médias poeple de l'Hexagone. Son dernier voyage n'a...
Morocco and Canary Islands driven by strong will to develop cooperation
Madrid - Morocco and the Canary Islands are driven by a strong will to develop and diversify their relations of friendship and cooperation, said president of Canary Islands autonomous government...
EU Countries Remain Algeria's Main Trading Partners In Q1
Algiers - Nearly 60 percent of Algeria's trade in the first quarter of 2014 were made with European Union (EU) countries which remain its major partners, Algeria Press Service (APS) reported....
Arab Maghreb Union presidency council slated in principle for October in Tunisia
Rabat - The 7th session of the Arab Maghreb Union presidency council (summit) is slated in principle for next October in Tunisia, according to Libyan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation,...
AMU foreign ministers urge for collective fight against trans-border security threats in Maghreb
Rabat - The foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union's member countries, which held here on Friday its 32nd session, urged for collectively taking on trans-borders security threats in the region....
Sahara: "Polisario" cumulates diplomatic defeats while Morocco gathering more support
Buenos Aires - At a time the Polisario separatists are cumulating diplomatic defeats, Morocco is garnering more support to the issue of its territorial integrity, writes Paraguayan journalist Luis...
Africa Women's Forum calls for lifting blockade on populations sequestered in Tindouf Camps
Dakhla - The first Africa Women's Forum, which wound up on Saturday in Dakhla launched an appeal for the lifting of the blockade imposed on population in the Tindouf camps, particularly women and...
Belgians pay official tribute to Moroccan soldiers dead for Belgium's freedom in 1940
Brussels - An official tribute was paid on Sunday to Moroccan soldiers who died while fighting for the liberation of Belgium in 1940, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Gembloux battle....
Le Club culturel mauritanien de l'UNESCO rend hommage au Centre culturel marocain à Nouakchott
Nouakchott - Le Club culturel mauritanien de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) a rendu hommage, vendredi, au Centre culturel marocain à Nouakchott...