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Moroccan Sahara: 4th Committee adopts without a vote draft resolution reiterating support for UN process, parameters of negotiations

New York - The Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted on Monday, without a vote, a draft resolution on the Sahara issue, presented by its Chairman, Ambassador of El Salvador to the...

Interior Minister meets with Christopher Ross

Rabat - Minister of the Interior, Mohamed Hassad, met, Monday in Rabat, with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, who is on a visit to Morocco.  ...

Discovery of wreck of "Kaiser Wilhelm" to transform Dakhla into global tourist destination (NGO)

Rabat - The discovery in September of the wreck of the ship "Kaiser Wilhelm" off Dakhla will transform the region into a global tourist archaeological destination, said Monday in Rabat the...

Selman Marrakech awarded best hotel in Africa in 2013

Paris - Luxury hotel Selman Marrakech has been awarded Best Hotel in Africa in 2013. The award was given on Monday in Paris by the jury of...

Morocco's FM meets UNSG personal envoy

Rabat - Morocco's Minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Salaheddine Mezouar, met here this Monday with the UN secretary general's personal envoy for the Sahara, Christopher Ross The...

Head of government meets with Christopher Ross

Rabat - Head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane met Tuesday in Rabat, with the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, currently visiting Morocco.  ...

Sahara issue: Morocco has "already done its part" in search for compromise, ambassador

New York - Thanks to its autonomy initiative, Morocco has "already done its part in the search for compromise" on the Sahara issue, said, Monday in New York, Morocco's ambassador to the UN, Mohamed...

Sahara: readiness of Morocco to continue to support process of negotiations in respect of its territorial integrity, national unity

New York - Morocco's Ambassador to the UN, Mohamed Loulichki, reiterated on Monday in New York, the "readiness of Morocco to continue to support the process of negotiations in respect of the...

Marrakech parmi les 40 meilleures destinations de vacances des millionnaires de la planète

Lemag : Marrakech, ville impériale du Maroc et porte sur sa civilisation et histoire millénaire, figure le top 40 des lieux de villégiature les plus prisés par les super-riches de la planète. La cité...

Thai sex show owner arrested after Rihanna visit

Thai authorities said Monday they had arrested the owner of a sex show visited by pop icon Rihanna -- the latest crackdown inadvertently triggered by the singer's tweets....

Bridget Jones is back in 'Mad About the Boy'

London - Readers, there is good news and bad news. Bridget Jones is back. But - brace yourselves - Mark Darcy is dead. Fans have been shaken by the revelation, leaked ahead of publication of...

3 US economists win Nobel for work on asset prices

Stockholm - Three American professors won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for shedding light on how stock, bond and house prices move over time- work that's changed how people around the world...

French president promotes African peacekeeping

Johannesburg - French President Francois Hollande said Monday that an African security summit in Paris in December will promote the formation of African peacekeeping forces that can intervene in...

Elders fear they will suffer alone as world ages

The world is aging faster than ever before. By the year 2050, for the first time in history, adults over the age of 60 will outnumber children under the age of 15. That leaves families and...

No winner again for Ibrahim African governance prize

The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- has no winner for the fourth time in five years, it was announced Monday. At a press conference...

Egypt arrests Briton over police-like clothes

Egyptian police said on Monday they had arrested a Briton in the restive north Sinai town of El-Arish in possession of "a black jacket and trousers" similar to police uniforms. The 44-year-old also...

Morocco's head of government: upbeat for upcoming "coherent and homogeneous" governmental action

Rabat - Morocco's head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane, said he is "optimistic" that conditions are gathered for a coherent and homogeneous governmental action, after the appointment of a new...

Togo describes Morocco's autonomy initiative as 'realistic, credible'

New York - Togo described, Friday in NY, as realistic and credible the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara and deemed that the settlement of the regional dispute hinges on the improvement of...

MAP urged to invest more in human resources to become reference news agency

Rabat - Communication minister, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi underlined, Saturday in Salé, the major reforms undertaken by Morocco's news agency (MAP) and urged it to invest more in...

Ratification of Morocco-EU fisheries agreement very important for Spain, official

Madrid - The ratification of the fisheries agreement, signed in July in Rabat by Morocco and the EU, is very important for Spain, Spanish agriculture minister Miguel Arias Canete said. In a...