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Saiful-Islam to be tried in Zintan in September

Saif ul-Islam will be tried in Zintan in September according to an official in the prosecutor general's office ,Taha Naser Bara, the Daily Telegraph reported....

Millions of Jobless Desperate in Spain

The sun is shining in Spain as it does every summer. But millions of people in this crisis-stricken country are living in the shadow cast by Europe’s highest unemployment rate....

Continued Salafist assaults on Tunisian cultural events

Salafists "Madmen of God" amed with swords and sticks, attacked a festival in Bizerte (north) on the night of Thursday to Friday. and five people were wounded....

Nestlé invests five million euros to expand its dairy sector in Morocco

The Swiss group Nestlé wants a 50% increase in milk production in Morocco in 2020. Ains, invest 5 million euros to expand its dairy sector in Morocco....

Grand Mosque of Algiers: works begin

Workers in Algiers have started laying foundations for the world's third-largest mosque, a one-billion-euro project that will include Africa’s tallest minaret,almost as high as the Eiffel Tower at...

EIU forecast 2012-2013: concerns over growth

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) global economic forecast raises concerns over growth. Europe is contracting and the US and China are experiencing slower growth.Monetary stimulus can only...

Ryanair ferme sa ligne Marrakech / Londres et réduit ses vols sur d’autres lignes

Londres : La compagnie aérienne britannique poursuit le feuilleton de ses suppressions et réductions de vols, provocant par ses décisions, la perte pour la destination Maroc, de plus de 510000...

Mali: 436,000 refugees displaced since January - OCHA

The status report on Mali published Wednesday, August 15th by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that nearly 436,000 Malians have fled their homes since...

Algeria:extreme heatwave over the next few days

During the weekend and Aid celebrations there will be an extreme heatwave according to the Algerian weather forecasta, which says there will be scorching temperatures from tomorrow in areas of...

Tunisia Public sector wage rise.

Negotiations initiated in early August between government and the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) culminated in the conclusion, yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 15, of a Memorandum of...

Morocco: Real Estate sector depressed since July

Like the European countries experiencing a crisis, Morocco has recorded a drop in real estate.Many luxury and medium range properties are proving difficult to sell, according to the business daily...

Gaddafi Loyalists Up In Arms

The security situation in Libya remains tense as violence by way of car bombings, political assassinations of high-ranking government and military officials, attacks on foreign diplomatic staff and...

Algeria :Inflation annual rhythm soars to 7.5% in July

Consumer prices in Algeria increased by more than 8% during last July in comparison with the same period of 2011, accentuating the annual inflation which reached 7.5% against 7.3% last June, the...

Algeria: El Watan denounces harassment against the journalist Ait Mouhoub

In a statement released Tuesday, August 14, the newspaper El Watan revealed that the journalist Zuhair Mouhoub Ait, a reporter for El Watan Weekend, been for some time harassed by elements of the...

Malian soldiers will lead assualt on the North

The Malian Chief of Staff Colonel Dahirou Dembele said that Malian trops would lead the operation in the North with the logistical and air support of Ecowas and its troops....

Tunisia: Salafists block comedian’s show at Menzel Bourguiba

The show "100 per cent Halal" with the comedian and actor Lotfi Abdelli was cancelled on Tuesday night at Menzel Bourguiba (governorate of Bizerte) after extensive mobilization of Salafist groups...

IMF: What Morocco has committed to with the PPL $ 6.2 billion loan

The IMF has published on its web portal the letter which it sent to the Moroccan authorities for the financial line for precaution and liquidity agreed by the international institution on August 3....

Morocco: Exports of phosphates rise significantly

Preliminary indicators of foreign trade for the month of July were recently published by the Office des Changes, indicate that Moroccan exports of phosphates have risen significantly....

Strike paralyses Sidi Bouzid

A General strike paralysed Sidi Bouzid today following earlier demonstrations where demonstrators were arrested and strikers demanded their release and back pay which was due to them .The Ennhada...

Rioting in Amiens: 16 policemen injured

Young people of north Amiens North clashed with police buildings and vehicles were burnt in clashes with police in the northern French city on Monday night through to Tuesday a leisure centre and a...