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Ilizi: Sbeiba a millennium event and pride of the town of Djanet
The "Sbeiba" is a Tuareg festival which,celebrates an ancient a peace pact between the tribes of the region. The inhabitants of the town of Djanet, in the ilaya of Illizi celebrate "Sbeiba",annually...
60,000 Algerians get war pensions from France
The issue of Algerians who served the French during the war is still a taboo in Algeria.France allocates war pensions to 60,000 people in Algeria who served it in two world wars and Algerians who...
Self taught African Teen wows M.I.T
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Self-taught-Afr...
Briefly President, Now Pharaoh
When Mohamed Mursi was sworn in as president in June there were concerns that the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history would be subservient to the military council that had...
Gaza Assault Shows a New Egypt
The reaction of post-revolution Egypt to Israel’s weeklong onslaught on the next-door Gaza Strip – brought to a halt temporarily at least by a Wednesday night ceasefire – has contrasted sharply with...
Protests over Libyan financial support forTunisia
Demonstrations began in Benghazi over National Congress President Mohamed Magarief’s announcement of a $200 million development package during his visit to Tunisia....
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanians are "not ready" for the war in Mali
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said on Saturday that his country was "not ready" to engage in a "war" in Mali, while being wary of any discussions with Ansar Dine, one of Islamist...
'The Captain of the Ship' - Mohamed Morsi
Street protests broke out on Friday in Cairo whenPresident Mohame Morsi effectively took supreme powers saying his decisions couldnot be questioned. The judiciary in particular has refused to accept...
Despite “Pivot”, Obama Drawn Back into the Middle East
President Barack Obama may have lost interest in the Middle East, to paraphrase Soviet leader Leon Trotsky’s famous epigram about war, but the Middle East is interested in him....
Israel Targets Media in Gaza
As people anxiously wait to see if the newly-signed ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will hold, local and international human rights groups are calling for investigations into Israeli...
Attack on Gaza cost € 52 million per day to the Jewish state
Between direct military costs and indirect economic costs, the Israeli air and sea operation "Pillar defence" on the Gaza Strip cost for 9 days of hostilities, nearly 462.5 million euros for the...
Mali conflict turns Tassili and Hoggar into ‘no-go zones’
The chairman of the National Union of Tourism Agencies in the Algerian Sahara, Bachir Djaribi has said that the conflict in northern Mali has turned the regions of the Tassili and Hoggar in the...
Bombardier and SICOR-Tunisia sign partnership accord
Bombardier Transport group, world leader of the railways technology sector, and SICOR-Tunisia company, Tunisian branch of French Sirail group (specialised in cable for industry, notably for railways...
Forbes: 5 Moroccans in the list of top 40 richest Africans
The U.S. business magazine has published the list of 40 richest African, Morocco 4th in class to number of billionaires and millionaires in dollars...
Egypt's President Morsi increases powers and defies judiciary with new declaration
President Morsi issues new constitutional declaration appointing new prosecutor-general; protecting the Constituent Assembly and Shura Council from the threat of dissolution and calling for retrial...
Air Arabia Morocco opens Casablancan-Toulouse route
The low cost airline, Air Arabia Morocco,has opened a route to the south of France, between Casablanca Mohammed V airport and Toulouse-Blagnac.The flights between Toulouse-Blagnac and Casablanca...
Tunisia and Qatar sign a military cooperation agreement
Tunisia signed a memorandum ofintent for military cooperation and a protocolrelating to the detachment of Tunisian military personnel to the Qatari Armed Forces the Tunisian Minister of Defence...
Mali: an intervention not possible before September 2013, Romano Prodi
Based on expert opinion, Romano Prodi said during a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 20, in Rabat, that "military action in northern Mali will be possible only in September 2013 ". Meanwhile, according...
Clinton Sent to Seal Egypt-Mediated Truce
Amidst reports of an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, U.S. President Barack Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the region Tuesday in apparent hopes of gaining some...
A War Writ Small On the Other Side
Overhead on a bombing mission, an Israeli Air Force F16 screams its way towards Gaza. On the street, the fighter jet’s shriek is covered by a plaintive sound – a “red alert”. Within seconds, an “Iron...