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4 pro-Algeria MEPs call to ban Moroccan diplomats in EU Parliament

Brussels: 4 MEPs commissioned by the Algerian government to force entry to the city of Laayoune, were refused entry by the Moroccan authorities at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca....

Libya: Gunmen storm private TV office

Dozens of Libyan militiamen stormed the headquarters of a private TV network on Thursday in Tripoli, looting and smashing equipment before abducting staffers, the country's official news agency and...

International Women's Day. The struggle for equality

The passing of the Family code in 2004 did much to advance the status of women in Morocco as regards divorce and property fights but more needs to be done to secure equality of women in society....

Tunisian PM ready to unveil new governemnet

Prime Minister designate Ali Larayedh said on Thursday evening that a comprehensive report on the new cabinet will be submitted on Friday to Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki....

Wadi Khaled: al-Nusra Front and March 14 Form Bonds

In Lebanon’s northeastern Wadi Khaled, one finds what could be called the extension of al-Nusra Front inside March 14. Under the pretext of toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Phalanges’...

Libya women face Islamist rise since Gadhafi fall

On her way back from her job as a lecturer at a university near Tripoli, Libyan poet Aicha Almagrabi was stopped by a group of bearded militiamen. They kicked her car, beat up her driver and...

US official: Bin Laden spokesman caught in Jordan

Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight...

Thousands displaced in Libya tribal clashes: ICRC

Thousands of people have been displaced following tribal clashes in Libya’s western Nafusa Mountains region, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday....

The time of transcendence", new exhibition by Abdelaziz Charkaoui 14 March

Casablanca: "This exhibition is a series of stages linked. The first gives an overview of my pictorial world today, where my favorite elements are evident in different types of compositions ... The...

General David Rodriguez confirmed as new AFRICOM commander

General David Rodriguez, who has been confirmed as commander as U.S. Africa Command. General David Rodriguez will soon take up residence at...

Talks on formation of Tunisian government take new turn

The Ennahdha, CPR (Congress for the Republic) and Ettakatol parties are discussing a new scenario after the failure of talks on enlarging the Troika to other political partners, Khalil Zaouia,...

Jean-Yves Le Drian surprise visit to Mali

The French Minister of Defence, Jean-Yves Le Drian, arrived on Thursday, March 7 in the north-eastern Mali to make a surprise visit to French troops who are fighting armed Islamist groups....

Morocco: A third of pharmacies are bankrupt

Of the 12,500 pharmacies in Morocco, a third party are bankrupt, third are barely profitable and only the last third areactually profitable....

Morocco Eu Free Trade : Included, outstanding facilities for Moroccans in Europe

Rabat: Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs Saad El Dine Otmani assured that the FTA negotiations with the EU, also concern an agreement facilitating entry of Moroccans into Europe....

Sfax yesterday and today: 40 postcards from 1900 juxtaposed with 40 photos of 2013

Tunis - A photographic exhibition entitled "Sfax yesterday and today" is being held until March 31, House of France in Sfax giving see 40 old postcards juxtaposed with 40 recent photographs of the...

La réhabilitation de la médina de Fès entre charges patrimoniales et perspectives de développement

En date du 4 mars 2013, le roi Mohammed VI a présidé, à la place R’cif à Fès, la cérémonie de signature de deux conventions portant respectivement sur la restauration et la réhabilitation de la...

Quelle approche pour la réhabilitation de l’ancienne médina de Fès ?

L’approche participative est la démarche la plus pertinente pour mener à bien le chantier, qualifié de complexe et de coûteux, de réhabilitation de l’ancienne médina de Fès, estime le Ministère de...

Réhabilitation des monuments historiques et lutte contre l’habitat insalubre à Fès

L’annonce de la signature entre l’Etat et l’Agence de dédensification et de réhabilitation de la ville de Fès (ADER-Fès) de deux conventions destinées à permettre le financement de la réhabilitation...

Insufficient training in Morocco's Tourism Industry

The training capacity of 15 training institutes overseen by the Ministry of Tourism, in addition to the International Higher Institute of Tourism of Tangier (ISIT) is insufficient. Last year, some...

Venezuela's Chavez dies, officials call for unity

Caracas - Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the larger-than-life...