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Tunisian Authorities Find Black Box of Crashed Libyan Aircraft

Two flight data recorders, or the black box, of a Libyan military aircraft that went down in Tunisia was found, the Tunisian Ministry of Transport said Saturday....

Agreement between Alliances and Malian defense ministry is part of Moroccan-Malian relations dynamic, Malian official

Bamako - The intention agreement signed, Saturday in Bamako, between the Alliances Groups and the Malian defense ministry are part of the strong dynamic of the Moroccan-Malian relations, said Malian...

Paris requires shedding light on French NGO's demand to schedule hearing for DGST

Paris - France required, Saturday, to shed light as soon as possible on the demand to schedule a hearing for the Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) for accusations of alleged torture...

Inspection of boat off Tetouan: a Spanish wounded by Royal Marine bullet, local authorities

Tétouan - The Royal Marine inspected, on Saturday, a suspicious unidentified small boat in the Moroccan territorial waters, off Tétouan and arrested two Spanish nationals, including one wounded by...

Alliances Group and Malian defense ministry sign agreement to develop department's property heritage

Bamako - Moroccan Alliances Group and Malian ministry of defense and war veterans signed, on Saturday in Bamako, an intention agreement to develop the department's property heritage through real...

Mali backs Morocco's serious, credible efforts to settle Sahara issue: national cause reinforced anew

Bamako - Mali provided, through its president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, its support for the serious and credible efforts by Morocco to settle the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, according...

Morocco, key-actor in counterterrorism fight in Sahel-Saharan region

Bamako - Morocco is becoming more and more a key-actor in the counterterrorism fight in the Sahel-Saharan region and this active involvement for security in the area, rocked by all kinds of conflicts...

2 Filipino sisters escape from extremists with cat

Manila, Philippines — Two Algerian-born Filipino sisters kidnapped by Muslim extremists eight months ago escaped from their captors in the jungles of the southern Philippines with a cat that had...

beIN Sports Arabia tops 2.4 million pay-TV subs as of Q4 2013

Rabat, Morocco - beIN Sports Arabia (formerly Al Jazeera Sport) saw 26% subscriber growth in 2013 to end the year with 2.43 million active users across 23 countries in the Middle East and North...

Water scarcity major issue in North Africa: FAO

United Nations - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday warned that water scarcity is one of the most urgent food security issues facing countries of the Near East and...

More should be done to better manage migration flows: European Commission

Brussels - The European Commission on Friday adopted a report looking at the main developments within the EU's external migration policy in 2012 and 2013....

Spain denies police role in 15 Africans' drowning

Madrid - Spain's Interior Ministry on Friday posted videos online showing police firing rubber bullets as African migrants swam into Spanish territory from Morocco, but denied this action contributed...

Morocco playing more active role in Mali

Rabat is consolidating its ties with Bamako through signing of string of bilateral agreements, involvement in stabilizing Mali’s political future....

Morocco to participate in int'l food fair 'Gulfood 2014' on Feb. 25-27 in Dubai

Rabat - Morocco will participate in the international food fair "Gulfood 2014" slated for February 25-27 in Dubai, the UAE, said the Moroccan Export Promotion Center "Maroc Export" in charge of this...

ECA to hold 29th meeting of Intergovernmental Committee of Experts March 4-6 in Rabat

Rabat - The UN North Africa Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will hold its 29th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE), on March 4-6 2014 in Rabat. This session will be held...

Morocco, Mali discuss ways to boost cooperation in tourism

Bamako - Morocco and Mali discussed on Friday ways to boost cooperation in the field of tourism in an exploratory meeting in Bamako in the presence of Minister of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad, Malian...

"IB Maroc" expands capital in Côte d'Ivoire branch with USD one million

Casablanca - Moroccan IT specialized enterprise "IB Maroc" has expanded the capital of its branch in Cote d'Ivoire with USD one million. The...

Paris, Madrid, Lisbon and Rabat hail positive evolution of operational cooperation to combat terrorism

Paris - France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco hailed, on Thursday in Paris, the positive evolution of their operational cooperation to fight terrorism based on regular consultations, field...

Spain lauds Morocco's effective collaboration to fight illegal immigration

Paris - Spanish interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz commended, on Thursday in Paris, Morocco's effective collaboration to fight against illegal immigration....

Interior Minister meets with French, Spanish counterparts

Paris - Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad held talks Thursday in Paris with his French and Spanish counterparts, Manuel Valls and Jorge Fernandez Diaz respectively, on the sidelines of the G4 meeting...