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FIFDOC: Grand Prix forTunisian documentary "We are here"

The documentary film "We are here" by director Tunisian Yahia Abdallah, has distinguished itself among the 11 films in official competition at the International Film Festival documentary Khouribga...

Incentives matter: Motivating staff is a necessity not a luxury

Richard Farleigh, an entrepreneur writing in City AM described his holiday in a rented riad in Marrakech with friends and family. Yassim was designated by the boss to look after them and make sure...

Tunisia: Industry Minister - 'Shell Tunisia to Drill Four Oil Wells "'

"Shell Tunisia company is to drill, in 2013, 4 oil wells in the central region, with an amount worth 150 million dollars (250 billion dinars)", Industry Minister Mohamed Lamine Chakhari said on...

Egypt: A State TV news presenter wears a Hijab for the first time.

Fatima Nabil became the first news reader to present the news on Egypt State TV wearing a hijab. The new Minister of the Islamic Information,...

Algeria: Storms and road accidents: 20 dead, 56 wounded in 48 hours

Twenty people died and 56 others were injured across the country following heavy rainfall during the last 48 hours, a Civil Protection statement said Sunday, reporting 19 road accidents and 4,019...

Libya: Dead intelligence officer named

A car bomb on Sunday in the eastern Libya city of Benghazi killed a former security official who served under slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi's regime, a top official said....

IAEA Report: Iran Doubled Number of Centrifuges between May and August

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Thursday that Iran has doubled the number of centrifuges on-line at its Fordo plant between May and August of this year....

Libyan Weapons Arming Regional Conflicts

In the aftermath of Libya’s revolution, Libyan fighters and weapons are flooding areas of conflict in neighbouring countries, according to local fighters and officials in several countries....

Algerian diplomat reported executed by Mujao

Following threats to kill one of the four remaining hostages from the Algerian consulate in Gao and the video of one of the captives pleading for his life, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in...

Mali : Mujao takes strategic town of Douentza

Militant Islamist rebels have seized the strategic central Malian town of Douentza, extending the area they control in the north of the country....

Algerian army kills 10 Qaeda militants: press reports

Security forces in Algeria have killed 10 militants presumed to be members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in separate operations, press reports on Saturday cited the defence ministry as saying....

Tunisia: Mossad in the Maghreb

For the past three months, the Arab Maghreb countries have been witnessing a growing number of controversies and scandals concerning cells linked to Israeli espionage activities, Al-Akhbar reports....

Long Wait to Defect From Assad’s Forces

“Of course I want to defect but I cannot give up my salary. How could I possibly feed my 11 children?” The war is putting every Syrian on the brink, including this policeman on the side of...

A Sahrawi spring? Not likely – The Economist

On a visit to Laayoune the Economist correspondent assesses the situation in the Western Sahara.He meets a group of Sahrawis who say that even if Christopher Ross the UN special envoy is replaced...

Tunisia: Government confrontation with media continues.

President of the National union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) Nejiba Hamrouni denounced what she described as a “double standard” of the Government with regard to the media,reported TAP....

Severe Droughts Drive Food Prices Higher-World Bank

Global food prices soared by 10 percent in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United...

Ahmed Shafiq vows to return to Egypt

The former Prime Minister and Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq was placed on a watch list on wednesday he is accused of for an allegedly illegal sale of state land to Mubarak's sons, Gamal and...

A Malian expert's view of the conflict

In an interview with the Algerian daily El Watan, on Wednesday,.Modibo Goïta, Executive Advisor for training schools of the Malian army, spoke on the sensitive points of the situation in northern...

Tunisian TV channel owner jailed

The owner of a private television channel was jailed in Tunisia on Thursday pending trial for corruption, an official said, in a case he has described as an attempt to stifle the media....

Refuting Kerry Kennedy’s account in the Huffington Post.

In the Daily Caller Richard Miniter, New York Times best selling author and columnist for Forbes, criticises Kerry Kennedy’s approach regarding the Western Sahara issue....