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President Traoré Dioncounda renews his confidence in the Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra

Prsident Dioncounda Traore, received Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, Prime Ministe over the weekend. He renewed his confidence in hm as Prime Ministerl and asked him to make proposals for the...

Libya, participation in reconstruction and reviving the AMU

The visit of Libya's Prime Minister Abderrahim El Keib to Morocco last week with a high level delegation raised the possibility of Morocco's participation in Libya's reconstruction and in training...

President Morsi issues new constitutional decree

President Mohamed Morsi yesterday cancelled the decree issued by the Supreme Army Council (SCAF) reducing presidential powers The new...

Morocco: Royal Visit to Tetouan.

His Majsty King Mohammed VI has maintained the momentum of his visits to the North of Morocco with a visit to Tetouan on Saturday Tthe new royal initiatives are to improve the living environment of...

“The Intouchables”: Hymn to platonic friendship!

“The Intouchables” by co-filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano has touched my heart and left me with a warm smile and an umbrella of thoughts. The film has started with a similar scene as in...

Qatar is generous to the Islamists in the Sahel

Qatar continues to invest more in France, has stakes in other territories. According to Le Canard Echainé 6 June the emirate has financially helped the Islamists who seized control of northern Mali...

Tunisia seeks donors for $1 billion loan

Tunisia is seeking a $1 billion loan from foreign donors, including the World Bank and the European Union, Investment and International Cooperation Minister Riadh Bettaieb said on Friday....

Five French hostages kidnapped in Sahel on video

The Mauritanian online news agency Agence Nouakchott Informations has published a video showing five of six French hostages kidnapped by the North African Al-Qaeda branch from Mali and Niger in the...

Adil Douiri: Morocco, "The urgency is not to consume but to produce"

Adil Douiri former tourism minister under Driss Jettou and current president of the Alliance of Istiqlalian Economists warns that the fundamental the national economy are under threat. He warned...

Italy's car manufacturing:Time to change - EIU

With Italy's car market in freefall, Fiat is desperate to make cuts in capacity. The Economist Intellegence Unit asks whether politicians and unions allow that?...

Tifawin Festival: Tribute to the farming community 23-26 August 2012

Building on the success of its previous editions, the Tifawin Festival this year in its seventh edition, will pay tribute to the farming community....

Morocco: Scaling up energy

Two public-private partnerships (PPPs) are in the works to develop Morocco’s wind and solar energy sector, a positive step toward the realisation of the country’s ambitious renewable energy...

Early deployment of an EU anti-terrorism in Niger

A European Union (EU) civilian mission responsible for assisting Niger to improve its fight against terrorism and organized crime began to unfold this week in Niamey, said the local representative of...

Tunisia on the Skids

With the approach of the crucial elections, the political tension rises, the social climate of violence escalates and moves into the mores of the Tunisian society as a new instrument of dialogue...

A Moroccan company wins dredging contract for the Algerian port of Skikda

For nearly 630 million dinars and a turnaround time of four months, the Moroccan company Draport won the contract for completion of the dredging of the new port of Skikda in Algeria, as announced...

Renault seizes 30% market share in Morocco and benefits France

Renault has achieved a market share of 30.3%, up 15.9% over the same period in 2011 selling 3,178 vehicles in July . The group, which markets the Renault and Dacia brands,reached a combined market...

Samir launches a new distillation unit and jet fuel facility

Samir the Saudi refiner at Mohammedia has increased its new production capacity, responding to a growing consumer market.This is a new fourth distillation unit that has been created for the refining...

Morocco must mend ties with Gulf states

As Europe remains mired in crisis, it is high time for Morocco to return to the East.Since the death of King Hassan II, Morocco has turned its back on the East and focused entirely on the West,...

Climate: At the door of desertification in the Sahel

Land degradation and climate change - Climate change, land degradation are phenomena that contribute significantly to desertification in the Sahelian countries....

Morocco- is the pilot Benkirane onboard the plane?

Doubt and unease. The feeling that has taken hold, for several weeks now, is raised by the political opposition.After 100 days of the Benkirane government the grace period that traditionally...