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IMF encourages Morocco to implement structural reforms program to enhance competitiveness

Rabat - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) encourages Morocco to implement a program of structural reforms to enhance competitiveness, improve the business climate, and create more jobs, said...

Les rapports du Maroc avec l'Afrique subsaharienne, un patrimoine ancré dans l'histoire

Tanger - Les rapports du Maroc avec l'Afrique subsaharienne constituent un patrimoine pluridimensionnel et ancré dans l'histoire, comme en attestent de nombreux documents et manuscrits remontant...

Les artistes constantinois nostalgiques de leur "Oud arbi" plurimillénaire

Alger - Le "Oud arbi", luth de l'est algérien, dont la facture plurimillénaire a périclité jusqu'à disparaître, est amèrement regretté par les artistes constantinois rencontrés récemment au coeur de...

L'Algérie offre à la Tunisie, une facilité financière de 250 millions de dollars

Alger - Le chef du gouvernement provisoire tunisien, Mehdi Jomaa, en visite en Algérie, a réussi à obtenir de celle-ci, une aide financière de 250 millions de dollars. Selon l'agence tunisienne TAP,...

Sahara : Paraguay supports UN-brokered solution respecting Morocco's territorial integrity

Rabat - Paraguay supports a UN-brokered solution respecting the territorial integrity of Morocco, said, on Wednesday in Rabat, speaker of the National Paraguayan Congress Julio César Velasquez...

France deports Algerian suspected of recruiting for Syria jihad

Paris - France said it had deported on Thursday an Algerian national suspected of recruiting young French Muslims to join the Syrian civil war, the first such case since Paris unveiled a raft of...

Tunisian assembly approves new electoral law

Tunis - Tunisia's national assembly on Thursday approved a new electoral law, to take one of the last steps in the country's move to full democracy after the 2011 uprising that inspired the "Arab...

Tunisia turns to Star Wars to boost tourism

Tunis, Tunisia - Two dozen white-clad Imperial Troopers and other Star Wars characters marched Wednesday down a stately, tree-lined avenue in Tunis — a site where activists once fought riot police...

Benkirane reiterates government's commitment to mobilizing all means to ensure success of new policy on migration, asylum

Rabat - Head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane reiterated on Wednesday the commitment of the executive branch to mobilize all the necessary means to ensure the success of the new policy on migration...

US State Department hails Morocco's 'comprehensive' counterterrorism strategy

Washington - The US Department of State welcomed on Wednesday Morocco's comprehensive counterterrorism strategy, noting that the country's efforts have effectively mitigated the risk of terrorism...

Moroccan government decides to increase minimum wage in public, private sectors

Rabat - The Moroccan government decided to increase the minimum wage in the public service and private sectors on the occasion of International Workers' Day. Minister of employment and social...

Morocco laid already bases for sustainable, clean growth, WB official

Rabat - Morocco already laid the bases for a sustainable and clean growth by becoming a model in the MENA region in terms of preserving the environment and fighting climate change, said World Bank...

Some 750 illegal immigrants attempt to storm into occupied city of Melilla

Nador - Some 750 illegal immigrants attempted on Thursday to storm into the occupied city of Melilla at the Rochtro Gordo and Morales sites under the rural commune of Beni-Chiker, said a statement by...

AECID, CMODH launch project on strengthening coordination between organizations

Rabat - The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Maghreb Coordination Association of Human Rights Organizations (CMODH), which includes 24 Maghreb associations,...

Sahara: political solution and reinforced cooperation in AMU to contribute to Sahel stability, UNSC

New York (UN) - The UN Security Council deemed, on Tuesday, that a mutually-acceptable political solution to the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara and a reinforced cooperation within the...

Morocco welcomes unanimous adoption by UNSC of resolution on regional dispute over Moroccan Sahara, Foreign Affairs Ministry

Rabat - Morocco welcomed on Tuesday the unanimous adoption, by the UN Security Council, of the resolution on the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara....

Tindouf camps, 'only refugee camps in the world' where census has not been conducted, Omar Hilale

United Nations (New York) - The Tindouf camps in Algeria are "the only refugee camps in the world where a census has not been conducted," denounced, Tuesday in New York, Ambassador Permanent...

UNSC lauds anew Moroccan human rights efforts

New York (UN) - The UN Security Council lauded anew on Tuesday efforts by Morocco in the human rights field, mainly through the National Council for Human rights (CNDH)....

Cultural melting pot 'Café Clock' opens in Marrakech

Marrakech - Marrakech's cultural scene grew richer with the opening of the "Café Clock", a British idea to promote social interaction, a meeting place for artists and most of all a real cultural...

Une rencontre sur la 2è phase du règne du Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef clôturera la 18è Université Moulay Ali Cherif à Laâyoune

Rabat - La ville de Laâyoune va abriter, les 20 et 21 juin, la quatrième et dernière rencontre de la 18ème session de l'Université Moulay Ali Cherif, consacrée à l'étude de la deuxième phase du règne...