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Morocco's Addoha real estate group participates in building of 2,600 flats in Cote d'Ivoire

Abidjan - Morocco's Addoha real estate group is participating in the building of 2,600 flats in Koumassi, south of Abidjan, in partnership with two other companies from Cote d'Ivorie. The...

Tunisia's assembly appoints key electoral council

Tunisia's national assembly appointed an electoral council on Wednesday to oversee elections this year, a key step in the country's transition to democracy three years after its "Arab Spring"...

One-eyed jihadist terror chief seen as North Africa danger

Algiers, Algeria - North African governments, and the Americans as well, are bracing for attacks by a new jihadist alliance led by the one-eyed Afghan War veteran Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the...

Egypt wants AU membership restored: FM

Algiers - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi urged here on Monday the African Union (AU) to restore Egypt's membership suspended after the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi....

Tunisia Islamists set to resign after deal on election commission

Tunis - Tunisia's ruling Islamists are preparing to resign in the next few days to make way for a caretaker cabinet once government and opposition parties agree on the makeup of an electoral...

Starchy food led to rotten teeth in ancient hunter-gatherers:study

London - A diet rich in starchy foods may have led to high rates of tooth decay in ancient hunter-gatherers, said a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

OPEC crude basket closes slightly higher

Vienna - The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stood at $104.58 a barrel Tuesday, compared to $104.40 Monday, according to the OPEC Secretariat....

Morocco sees inflation at 2 pct in 2014, growth at 4.2 pct

Rabat - Morocco expects inflation to hold steady at 2 percent this year and economic growth to slow slightly to 4.2 percent from 2013, Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said on Wednesday....

Atlantic coastline heavy swell: no casualties only some material damage, authorities

Rabat - No casualties were suffered following the heavy swell that took place on January 7 in some parts of the Atlantic coastline in Morocco and caused material damage in some cities, authorities...

Emergence of Morocco as an economic power, a guarantee for Western Africa's development

Dakar - The emergence of Morocco as an economic power will directly impact West Africa and guarantee this region's development, said on Tuesday Senegal's minister of culture and legacy, Abdoul Aziz...

Over 7,400 Moroccans obtained Spanish citizenship in 2013

Madrid - A total of 7,4036 Moroccans obtained the Spanish citizenship in 2013, Spanish sources said.  Out of 71,383 applications,...

Le parti communiste italien souligne l'importance de l'initiative marocaine d'autonomie au Sahara visant à consacrer la cohabitation pacifique dans le cadre de l'unité nationale

Rabat - Le responsable des relations extérieures et membre du bureau politique du parti communiste italien Fausto Sorini a souligné, mercredi à Rabat, l'importance de l'initiative marocaine...

Moroccan expert appointed at the international criminal court for cybercrimes

Rabat - Chairman of the Moroccan national justice experts council, Idriss Raouah, was appointed experts in cybercrimes at the International criminal court of the The Hague....

Three Moroccan novels shortlisted for 2014 Arab fiction prize

Rabat - Three Moroccan novels have been selected Tuesday in Abu Dhabi for the 2014 Arab fiction Booker prize, in a list of 16 other Arab novels....

Two-headed calf born in Morocco, named 'Happy New Year'

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Algerian independence hero Zitouni passes away

Mustapha Zitouni, who gave up his chance to play at the World Cup to turn out for a clandestine team seeking Algerian independence, died on Sunday, French reports said....

Tunisian annual inflation rises to 6 percent in December

Tunis - Tunisia's annual inflation rate rose to 6 percent in December after remaining steady for the last three months at 5.8 percent, driven largely by a jump in food prices, official data showed...

Air Algerie signs deals to buy Airbus, Boeing jets

Algiers - Algeria's national carrier Air Algerie signed deals on Monday to buy three 250-seat Airbus passenger jets and eight 150-seat jets from Boeing, company officials said....

Tunisian army shells militant mountain hideouts

Tunis - Tunisia's army has shelled militant hideouts near the Algerian border as part of a campaign against hardline Islamists seeking to destabilize the North African country's fragile transition...

Answers sought over teenager death

A teenager who died in sweltering heat on a trip to Morocco with his classmates was prescribed medication for bed-wetting at the time of his death, an inquest has heard....