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CSIS : Morocco has most comprehensive cooperation strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington - Under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, Morocco is the country that implemented the most comprehensive cooperation strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa, with which the Kingdom...

RNI party's national council approves participation in government

Rabat - The national council of the national rally of independents (RNI/opposition) approved by a majority of votes the principle of the party's participation in the government....

Throne Day : President Obama hails Morocco's role as a valuable strategic ally of USA

Rabat - US President Barack Obama praised Morocco's role "as a valuable strategic ally of the USA" in a congratulations message to HM King Mohammed VI on the throne day (July 30)....

Morocco and Gambia explore means to consolidate bilateral ties

Rabat - Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation Saad Dine El Otmani, reviewed this Thursday in Rabat with Gambian peer Susan Waffa-Ogoo, means to consolidate bilateral ties....

Over 2000 years-old cave engravings destroyed in southern Morocco

Agadir - Cave engravings dating back to over 2000 years ago have been deliberately destroyed in the "Bougarit" site (southern Morocco), a source at the national rupestrian legacy center said....

CSIS : Morocco has most comprehensive cooperation strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington - Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco is the country that implemented the most comprehensive cooperation strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa, with which the Kingdom shares...

IMF confirms 6.2 billion USD Precautionary liquidity line for Morocco

Washington, Aug - The International Monetary Fund reaffirmed Morocco's continued qualification to access to a two-year Precautionary Liquid Line resources, of about USê 6.2 billion, approved on...

Berlusconi conviction upheld; prison term sticks

Rome - For the first time in decades of criminal prosecution, a conviction against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi finally stuck on Thursday, leaving the media mogul with a four-year prison...

YouTube star pushes high frame rate format online

Burbank, Calif - Movie fans who were intrigued by director Peter Jackson's use of high frame rates in "The Hobbit" are now getting a chance to see the super-clear format online. The second season...

Twitter threats highlight blight of online trolls

London - If Twitter is the chirping chatterbox of the Internet, trolls are its dark underground denizens. The collision of the two is driving a debate in Britain about the scale of online hatred...

BMW net profit rises despite Europe

Frankfurt , Germany - German luxury car maker BMW AG says it overcame tough auto markets in Europe and posted a 9 percent increase in net profit in the second quarter. Profits rose to 1.39...

Kazakh dissident banker seized in southern France

Paris - French special police forces backed by an airplane and armored vehicles seized a Kazakh dissident businessman accused of embezzling billions of dollars from the country's BTA Bank, a French...

Smartphone cradle, app detect toxins, bacteria

Urbana - Afraid there may be peanuts or other allergens hiding in that cookie? Thanks to a cradle and app that turn your smartphone into a handheld biosensor, you may soon be able to run on-the-spot...

Algeria wheat imports steady in H1 - customs

Algires - Algeria's wheat import volumes were steady at 3.171 million tonnes in the first six months of this year versus a year ago but cost 14.5 percent more, official figures showed on Tuesday....

Morocco's Islamists set for power deal with centre right

Rabat - Morocco's ruling Islamists look set to form a new coalition government with a liberal party after their previous conservative partners walked out in a row centered on cuts to fuel and food...

Situation in Sahel will not affect Algerian Saharan tourism f

Algiers - The situation prevailing in the Sahel countries “will have no impact on the Algerian Saharan tourism,” said Tuesday Secretary of State to the Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry, in...

Morocco calls: STC offers 50% discount

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has offered its postpaid, prepaid and Lana mobile customers a 50 percent discount on the occasion of the national day of Morocco on Tuesday (July 30)....

Tunisia Islamist govt in crisis talks amid protests

Tunisia's Islamist-led government gathered for emergency talks on Monday as protesters demanding its ouster dug in outside parliament and police used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing...

Libya PM to reshuffle cabinet, cut ministries after killings

Tripoli - Libya's prime minister said he would reshuffle the cabinet and reorganise the government to cope with the "urgent" situation in the country following killings in the eastern city of...

Spanish royals to attend Mass for train dead

Santiago de Compostela , Spain - Spain's royal family and leading politicians were to attend a somber Mass on Monday in homage to the 79 people killed in the country's worst train accident in...