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Dozens held after Islamists attack Algerian gas field

Islamist militants attacked a gas field in Algeria on Wednesday, claiming to have kidnapped up to 41 foreigners including seven Americans in a dawn raid in retaliation for France's intervention in...

New York Times: Casablanca in the global top 46 cities to visit in 2013

Casablanca: The New York Times recently elected Casablanca city among 46 cities in the world to visit in 2013. The publication pays tribute to a city marginalised in termsof tourism by cities like...

5th African CemenTrade Summit to Address Market and Operational Strategies

Growing emphasis in urban and rural infrastructure is driving the African cement industry which has witnessed increasing investments and global investor confidence....

Morocco to conquer the American automotive market

Morocco, which is currently involved in the Automotive News Wold Congress on the sidelines of the Geneva International Motor Show Detroit (USA), aims to promote among OEMs and potential U.S. assets...

Syrian Refugees Face Storms With Cardboard

Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after...

Ryanair implanterait deux bases à Marrakech et Fès

Dublin : La compagnie Low-Cost irlandaise changerait d’avis sur le Maroc, après la suite de suppressions / réductions qu’elle avait annoncé l’année dernière, au royaume. Le transporteur aérien...

Morocco: national health sector 48 hour strike expected 16 and 17 January

A 48 hour national health sector strike for 48 hours will be launched on 16 and 17 January, according to the National Health Federation affiliated to the Moroccan Labour Union (UMT) ....

Bouteflika presidency may be extended to 2016-Echorouk

Presdent Abdelazz Bouteflika's advisers arereportedto be considering the extension of the presidential term from 5 to 7 years which would extend his term of office until 2016 according to the...

Ryanair may open bases in Morocco

Following Ryanair's dispute with the Moroccan airport authority ONDA over handling charges and its declaration that it was cutting back on routes, it may now be setting up two bases in Morocco in...

Mali: France increases number of troops.

President Francois Hollande, on a visit to Abu Dhabi in the UAE said more French troops will be deployed in Mali to support the 750 already in Mali. New air strikes overnight had "achieved their...

Algeria and the Mali backwater: Now What?

Since the beginning of this case in Mali, Algeria's position has been neither clear nor consistent nor the result of a high-level strategic thinking writes the Algerian daily Le Matin. Algiers seems...

Tunisia's Second Anniversary of the revolution

Tunisians celebrated the second anniversary of the revolution against the regime of former president Zine Abidine Ben Ali today with a number of separate demonstrations on Habib Bourguiba Avenue by...

In the Moroccan countryside, literacy courses are a recipe

Despite the daily toil, they are dozens of women who meet each evening with the fierce desire to learn, read and write: near Marrakech in southern Morocco, a country with a long way to go, the...

Violence and clashes between protesters and Sidi Ifni police

A demonstration of 'solidarity' with Moroccan passengers of a small boat, fired on last December by the Spanish Navy, turned into a confrontation between youth and police....

Islamists seize town with military base in government controlled west of Mali

Islamist fighters in Mali have seized Diabaly, an important army base 450 km from Bamako a town in government-controlled territory French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced insisting...

Mali: French Rafale jetfighters bomb Gao

French Rafale jet fighters have bombed the town of Gao in the east of northern Mali, extending their attacks deep into rebel-held territory where major casualties have been reported....

Investments from the Gulf in Morocco will increase this year

Economic relations between Morocco and the Gulf countries will experience a turning point this year. Early implementation of the plan for strategic cooperation between the two parties has been...

TSA: The Silence of Bouteflika regarding the war in Mali

Facing the war that began in Mali, especially after the French military intervention to stop the offensive of terrorist groups to the south of that country; Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...

French airstrkes in Mali deter islamists

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French forces continue operations against Mali Islamists

French forces have continued to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Mali and sent troops to protect the capital, Bamako.French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said army units had...