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Morocco: Government council adopts 2014 finance bill

Rabat - The government council, which met on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of head of the government, Abdelilah Benkirane, adopted the 2014 finance bill. The bill presented by economy and...

Apple polishes fashion credentials with new hires

Fashion and technology may not be so different after all, if one looks at the hiring strategy from iPhone maker Apple. In its latest move,...

Some 300 candidates to illegal migration attempt to force their way to Spain through Moroccan northern borders

Rabat - A group of some 300 candidates to illegal migration attempted on Thursday to force their way to the occupied city of Sebta, says the Moroccan interior ministry....

Wilmington Port and "Fresh Fruit Maroc" reach agreement on five-year importation of Moroccan clementines

Washington - The port of Wilmington (state of Delaware) and the "Fresh Fruit Maroc" export group have reached a five-year agreement for the importation of Moroccan clementines, a source at Delaware...

Union leader shot dead in S.Africa platinum belt

A senior union official at a Lonmin mine in Marikana has been shot dead in South Africa in the latest violence to hit the country's platinum belt, a spokesman said Friday....

Spanish interior minister commends cooperation with Morocco in fight against illegal immigration

Madrid - Spanish interior minister, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, commended on Wednesday cooperation with Morocco in the fight against illegal immigration. The Spanish ministry, who was dedicating a...

South Africa arrests five for rape, murder of two toddlers

South African police arrested five men for the rape and murder of two toddlers this week that sparked rioting in a restive shantytown northwest of Johannesburg, a spokesman said Friday....

Forbes Magazine: Casablanca poised to become "Africa's leading financial hub"

Washington - US "Forbes magazine" writes that Casablanca is poised to become "Africa's leading financial hub", stressing that this one of the most ambitious projects nursed by HM King Mohammed VI....

Protesters force Tunisia leaders away from slain police ceremony

Angry members of the security forces on Friday drove Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki and Prime Minister Ali Larayedh away from a memorial ceremony for two slain policeman, an AFP photographer...

Frogmen join body hunt as Japan typhoon tolls hit 24

Frogmen were Friday scouring waters off the coast of a Japanese island where landslides buried houses when a huge typhoon rolled through, as the death toll reached 24....

Saudi rejects seat on 'double-standards' Security Council

Saudi Arabia rejected membership of the UN Security Council on Friday, a day after it was elected to the body, accusing it of "double-standards" in resolving world conflicts. "Work mechanisms and...

Gaza beach

A Palestinian boy plays with a tire on the beach on the third day of Eid al-Adha in Gaza City Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Gaza-beach_a546...

Women of Jalalabad

Burqa - clad Afghan women make their way on the outskirts of Jalalabad Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Women-of-Jalala...

Santiago arrest

A student is arrested during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve public education quality, in Santiago Source :...

Norwegian suspect named as Kenya mall gunman

A Norwegian citizen of Somali origin is suspected of being one of the attackers who stormed a Kenyan shopping mall last month massacring 67 people, the BBC said. The 23-year-old was named as...

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, in restart

San Francisco - Microsoft released Windows 8.1 on Thursday, after tweaking the operating system designed for various devices that had confused some users. The update is free for those using...

Gold Digger Prank!

https://www.marocafrik.com/english/video/ Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Gold-Digger-Pra...

Aéroport Marrakech : Arrestation de deux algériens transportant de la cocaïne dans leur estomac

Lemag : Deux "mules" à cocaïne d'origine algérienne ont été arrêtées, dimanche dernier, à l'aéroport Marrakech-Ménara, transportant dans leur estomac une grande quantité de cocaïne. Il s'agit, en...

Spain: Morocco to participate next November in international nuclear accident simulation exercise

Madrid - Morocco will participate next November in an international exercise of mock nuclear and radioactive accidents to take place next November 5-7 in the nuclear plant of Caceres (Southwestern...

Oxford Business Group highlights promising future of Casablanca Stock Exchange

London - The Casablanca Stock Exchange (BVC) is in the process of forging a bright future thanks to reforms and concerted efforts by the government and stock exchange authorities, says Oxford...