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Mali: heads role at the Quai d'Orsay

Three officials dealing with the Sahel have been replaced in an unprecedented which marks an unprecedented purge, Le Figaro reports....

Benkrane examines the problem of road accidents

Abdelilah Benkirane, held a meeting on Monday in Rabat with officials of the Ministry of Equipment and Transport devoted to examining the issue of traffic accidents....

Amara and the UK Ambassador to boost the Moroccan-British Business Council

Rabat: The Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, Abdelkader Amara, and the new ambassador to Britain, Clive Alderton, pledged recently in Rabat, to boost the Moroccan-British Business...

The 3rd Africa Telecom Forum Marrakech 14-15 March

The third edition of the Africa Telecom Forum, for Informatics and Telecommunications professionals in North, Central and West Africa will take place on 14 and 15 March in Marrakech....

The Crisis in Mali: An Optimistic Reevaluation of Sahel Policy

An article for the think tank the Atlantic Community by Paul Melly takes a more optimistic view of the situation facing Mali after the first phase of the French and Malian military which has...

New Algerian Hydrocarbons law comes into effect

The new Algerian hydrocarbons law has come into force.It allows the exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons and the use of the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing for Shale gas...

Algerian Government determined to improve business environment

Government is determined to provide all necessary incentives to investors in order to boost the business climate in Algeria and improve its World Bank’s Doing Business ranking, the Minister of...

Issa Hayatou re-elected in Marrakech for a seventh consecutive term at the head of the CAF

Marrakech: The only candidate, the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was re-elected for a seventh term as head of the Confederation of African Football on Sunday, March 10 in Marrakech....

Italy says 7 foreign hostages killed in Nigeria

Italy's foreign ministry said Sunday that seven foreign hostages kidnapped in northern Nigeria had been killed as claimed by Islamic extremists, the worst such foreign abduction violence to hit the...

Tunisia: Challenges facing the new government

The challenges facing the new coalition government include the restoration of order, control soaring prices and the activation of transitional justice which can be seen to be impartial and...

Talks in Rabat between Saad El Dine Otmani and Lakhdar Brahimi

In a statement to the press after the meeting, Mr. El Otmani said that "the meeting was an opportunity to express our views on developments in the Syrian crisis to which Morocco attaches great...

Intrigue Surrounds U.S. Arrest of Iran-based Bin Laden Son-in-Law

While U.S. politicians Friday debated whether Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, should be tried in New York City, foreign policy analysts were...

Morocco :Draft press law.

The new draft press law and publishing prepared by the Ministry of Communication led by Mustafa Khelfi,who wants to legalise the ban for moral grounds, whereas the current code prohibits grounds...

Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru says it has killed seven foreign hostages

Ansaru the Nigerian Islamist group said on Saturday that they had killed seven foreigners kidnapped in northern Nigeria, according to the SITE intelligence group, three weeks after the abduction of...

Algeria temporarily opens its border with Morocco

Oujda: The Algerian Authorities Have exceptionally and temporarily opening its border with Morocco to allow an overland aid caravan to transit Palestine....

député européenne: Le plan d'autonomie pour le Sahara est "une bonne base" de discussion

Bruxelles - Le plan d'autonomie pour le Sahara, proposé par le Maroc, constitue "une bonne base de discussion", a affirmé vendredi, l'eurodéputé Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, qui "déplore" que le...

The Muslim Brotherhood - The Economist

After years of being oppressed the Muslim Bortherhood that in coming to power as a result of the Arab Spring revolutions they now find themselves the target of criticism not only by secularists in...

In Bamako, Le Drian prepares for post conflict

Elections to restore legitmate government in Mali are a priority and the interim President Dioncounda Traoré confirmed to the French defence minister that elections are planned for the end of July....

Tunisan government ministers announced

Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh announced the line- up of his government on Friday afternoon.Technocrats have taken several important positions, with diplomat Othman Jerandi named as foreign...

Rabat: Mohamed Loulichki Conference on latest developments on the Sahara

Rabat: The Saharan Studies Centre within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Rabat invited the permanent representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Ambassador Mohamed Loulichki who gave a...