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Haddad: "Morocco aims to attract one million Spanish tourists in 2015"

Morocco aims to attract one million Spanish tourists in 2015, said Wednesday in Madrid, Minister of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad, confirming the project announced a few days ago by the Moroccan National...

Microsoft to Provide Educational Opportunities for 500,000 Students and Trainees in Morocco

OFPPT selects Microsoft Office 365 for job training initiatives across Morocco Via the Cloud and New IT Academies. Morocco's Office of...

Egypt Faces ‘Mubarak-Like’ Morsi

Concerns are mounting over Egypt’s future after the outbreaks of violence that marked the second anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. Massive anti-government rallies led to ongoing clashes...

Tuareg MNLA say they have restored secular control in Kidal

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the Tuareg armed group for independence claimed that they have recaptured the city and the region of Kidal, north-east, and are willing to...

Green Morocco Plan: Launch of 112 projects in 2013

112 projects are programmed in the Green Morocco Plan and will be launched in 2013 with an investment of 1.62 billion dirhams benefiting 30,000 people in rural areas, said the head of government....

Tunisian Opposition Parties to Forge Alliance

The opposition parties Nidaa Tounes, Al Massar, and Al Joumhouri officially announced a new political alliance today following longstanding discussions between the three parties....

Morocco: The Opposition wants a greater role in Parliament

The opposition parliamentarians feel they do not have the financial and logistical means to carry out their duties which have been reinforced by the new Constitution. They blame the government for...

Security stepped up for oil and gas sites in Tunisia

In Kasserine,in central Tunisia ftwo security personnel were wounded in clashes with suspected jihadists on Monday 28 and Tuesday, 29 January . Special Forces are deployed for three days in the...

Benkirane: The security situation in Morocco is "controlled"

Abdelilah Benkirane, said on Monday in Rabat that the security situation in Morocco is "controlled" by noting that the relevant departments there is no insecurity....

Taqa seals $1.4bn financing for Morocco plant

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), the state-owned firm which recently bought some of BP's North Sea assets, sealed a $1.4 billion financing for the expansion of its power plant in Morocco....

Expert: 'Difficult' year for the Moroccan tourism sector will rebound in 2013 .

The government of Abdelilah Benkirane and professionals in the Moroccan tourism sector, hoping that will be 2013, the year of the Moroccan tourism rebound, but this recovery would be difficult....

New round of Morocco EU negotiations for a new fisheries agreement

Experts from Morocco and the European Union will meet from 30 January to 1 February at the headquarters of the European Commission for a fourth round of negotiations for the conclusion of a new...

The Moroccan private sector doctors threaten to sue the minister of justice

Moroccan Minister of Health and the government formally, banned public sector doctors on November 8, from practicing in the private sector. On 17 January, they reviewed the decision and allowed the...

Timbuktu under control of French and Malian troops

: Franco-Malian forces have taken the city of Timbuktu without a fight during the night of Sunday to Monday,but they were unable to prevent the fire from a library with precious manuscripts by...

International terrorism: Another Afrighanistan? The Economist

Following the In Amenas hostage attack The Economist asks whether Mali and the Sahel are potential Afghanistan , noting apparent similarities with the west becoming ensnared in another long term...

UNICEF: Are children are really protected in Marrakech?

UNICEF will conduct a study to evaluate the system of child protection in Marrakech. The goal is to identify the means put in place to protect children and to identify the gaps to address....

Benkirane in Davos: "Morocco is a stable country and its economic situation is good"

Morocco is engaged in a process of social reforms, political and economic change related to democracy, said the head of the Moroccan government, Abdelilah Benkirane, affirming that the process "is...

"I am an AMOROCCAN" Friendship Moroccan-American.

Morocco: the Kingdom of Morocco is a country in Africa to have an excellent and perfect relationship with the country of Uncle Sam and indeed it is thanks to many rulers of the Kingdom that...

Great success for the Moroccan flag in the International Green Week in Berlin

"The International Green Week Berlin" (Grune Woche) held until January 27 in the German capital saw great success for the Moroccan flag which is experiencing a major peak and a large media...

Wide police dragnet in Casablanca with more than a thousand arrests in a week

The various services of the Judicial Police of the Grand Casablanca managed during a wide dragnet to arrest in a week, from 17 to 25 January, over a thousand people for various crimes, said a...