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Belgium commends military justice reform in Morocco

Brussels - The Belgian foreign affairs ministry lauded the approval, on Friday by the ministers' council chaired by HM King Mohammed VI, of a draft bill on military justice, it announced on Tuesday....

Morocco takes part in Swedish International Travel and Tourism Trade Fair

Stockholm - Morocco will take part in the Swedish International Travel and Tourism Trade Fair (TUR) of Gothenburg, the largest event in Scandinavia, scheduled on March 20-23. Morocco will be...

El Khalfi meets with Spain's ambassador to Morocco, UNESCO representative in Maghreb

Rabat - Communication minister, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi met separately, on Monday in Rabat, with Spain's ambassador to Morocco José de Carvajal Salido and UNESCO representative in...

Some 600 illegal immigrants attempt to storm into Melilla

Rabat - Some 600 illegal immigrants attempted, on Tuesday morning, to storm into the occupied city of Melilla at the Oued Tighorfatine level, in the rural commune of Beni Chiger (Nador province),...

Morocco is rich with Jewish part of its history, identity, André Azoulay

Paris - Morocco is rich with the Jewish part of its history and identity, said, on Monday in Paris, HM the King's advisor André Azoulay, underlining that the 2011 constitution had this richness laid...

Morocco's draft law excluding civilians from military justice process: another sign of Morocco's maturing democracy

Washington - The adoption last Friday by the ministers council of a draft law that bars military tribunals from trying civilians is "another sign of Morocco's maturing democracy", writes the...

BUSINESS LEADERS FROM ALL OVER AFRICA GATHER IN GENEVA

Geneva - African Media Agency (AMA)/- The AFRICA CEO FORUM 2014 (http://www.theafricaceoforum.com/), one of the most important gathering of African business leaders taking place in Geneva from 17 to...

Morocco Holds in Geneva High-level panel on migration and asylum management policies

Geneva - Morocco held on Monday a high-level panel on "migration and asylum management policies", in the presence of minister in charge of Moroccans living abroad, Anis Birou, Director General of the...

Le Roi Mohammed VI préside une réunion consacrée au Plan solaire NOOR

Rabat- Le Roi Mohammed VI a présidé, lundi au Palais Royal de Rabat, une séance de travail consacrée à l’examen de l’état d’avancement de la réalisation du Plan solaire marocain NOOR, ainsi que des...

Rights group wary ahead of Algerian elections

Tunis - Human Rights Watch said Monday it was concerned about the security situation in Algeria as the country prepares for April presidential elections....

Algeria says al-Qaida member killed in operation

Algiers - Algeria's state news agency says one of the militants killed last week in the mountainous region east of the capital was a high ranking member of al-Qaida's North Africa branch....

Deadly sectarian violence cripples Algeria desert city

Ghardaia (Algeria) - Daily life has ground to a halt in Ghardaia, a picturesque Algerian city on the edge of the Sahara turned into a ghost town by a wave of sectarian violence....

Reform of military justice system, major step forward in favor of democracy, EU-Morocco friendship group in EU Parliament

Brussels - The bill on the reform of the military justice, adopted on Friday by the Council of Ministers, held under the chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, is a big step forward on the...

3 killed in sectarian clashes in Algerian city

Algiers, Algeria - Calm returned to the picturesque Algerian desert city of Ghardaia Monday after weekend clashes between Arabs and Berbers left three dead, dozens injured and homes and businesses...

Morocco, example to follow in terms of human rights in the Maghreb, MEP

Brussels - The multiple reforms undertaken by Morocco in the field of human rights are certainly an example to follow in the Maghreb region, said on Monday Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Human...

Cairn reports 2013 loss after cost of unsuccessful drilling rises

London - London-listed oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy (LSE: CNE.L - news) posted a $556 million loss after tax in 2013 after high costs for unsuccessful drilling in Morocco and the North Sea....

Benkirane meets with president of Arab Tourism Organization

Rabat - Head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane met here on Monday with president of the Arab Tourism Organization (ATO), Bandar bin Fahd Al Fahid, who is on a working visit to Morocco....

Unconditional remand in custody with no bail for four alleged members of terrorist cell smashed by Moroccan and Spanish police

Madrid - Judge of the National Audience, highest criminal court in Spain, Ismael Moreno decided on Monday an unconditional remand in custody with no bail for the four alleged members of the cell...

Military justice reform: Paris lauds new achievement in coherence with reforms undertaken since 2011

Paris - France affirmed, on Monday, that the draft law on the military justice reform, adopted last week by the ministers' council, represents a new achievement in coherence with the reforms carried...

Kidnapped for 7 months in Bolivia, 9 year-old Moroccan girl returns to Spain

Madrid - A 9 year-old Moroccan girl, kidnapped for seven months in Bolivia, was recently set free and arrived on Monday to Madrid-Barajas airport, Spanish security sources said....