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Weak Global Recovery Depends on Progress in Europe and US.

As forecast by Christine Lagarde Managing Director of the IMF recently in Japan the IMF has slightly reduced its growth forecast for 2012 and 2013....

Nicole Trunfio : Je continuerai à revenir à Marrakech pour le reste de ma vie

Marrakech : La top model australienne a tourné pour la dernière campagne publicitaire de la collection Kookaï à la cité ocre. « C’est un des endroits les plus mémorables … L'énergie ici est si...

Morocco 40% renewable energy by 2020

The 160-megawatt project is part of the larger, 500 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power Ouarzazate site. Morocco starts an ambitious plan to...

Morocco and the African states, for a new partnership

Youssef Amrani, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said today that "Morocco wants to inaugurate a new African States partnership based on innovative instruments"....

Benkirane re-elected head of the PJD

With 85% of the votes that Abdelilah Benkirane was re-elected,as Secretary General of the PJD, in the seventh party congress, held this weekend....

Mali: Africa's Challenge

Mali's crisis is one of the most serious challenges facing the continent, African Union (AU) Commission leader Jean Ping told a meeting of heads of state in Ethiopia on Saturday...

Settling the Mali Crisis

The Malian crisis has had negative repercussions on the security situation in the Sahel region and therefore it "should be settled the soonest possible," said Lieutenant-General Ahmed Gaid Salah,...

Tribute To Hindi Cinema

The Marrakech International Film Festival keeps on supporting talents by paying tribute to the cinematic culture of a country. After...

Obama Piles New Sanctions Against Iran

In the latest ratcheting up of pressure on Iran, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday imposed new financial sanctions against Iranian and other companies whose operations...

U.S. Commits 10 Million for Mali Refugees as Intervention Talk Builds

President Barack Obama on Thursday authorised the release of 10 million dollars in emergency funding to help with the refugee crisis stemming from continued violence in northern Mali, in response...

Egypt’s New Unions Face Uncertain Future

The independent trade unions that have sprung up across Egypt over the last 17 months face an uncertain future, caught between Islamists and the military and operating under labour laws that have...

Ennhada's National Congress

Rachid Ghannouchi The head of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party Ennahda called on Thursday for national consensus at the launch of its first congress at home in 24 years, held at a time of political...

Libya’s election So far, so hopeful: The Economist

Though much could still go wrong, the case for Western intervention is being vindicated. The Economist points out that those who were opposed...

With Morsi, can Egyptians find unity?

Over the past few weeks, headlines have been filled with news about Mohamed Morsi being sworn in as the new president of Egypt, and what his presidency means for the relationship between his office...

Widespread Muslim Scepticism of U.S. as Democracy Advocate

Despite continuous assurances that the United States favours democratic rule during the 18-month-old “Arab Spring”, majorities or pluralities in six predominantly Muslim countries see Washington as...

Voting for Peace in the Distant Desert

On election day long lines of people from Sabha’s impoverished community of Tayuri waited to vote under the harsh Saharan sun. Four hundred miles from the Mediterranean coast, Sabha is tucked into...

Some 1,500 jobs to go in Maroc Telecom by Vivendi

Some 1,500 employees will be laid off shortly at Maroc Telecom by Vivendi. The shareholder group owns 53% of Maroc Telecom.According to sources close to the company cited by Reuters, 11% of staff...

Peugeot Citroen announces 8,000 job cuts

French carmaker Peugeot Citroen has set out plans to cut 8,000 jobs and close an assembly plant outside Paris as losses mount. Peugeot said...

Eurozone risks losing a further 4.5 million jobs - ILO

A report by the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies says a concerted policy shift towards job creation is needed in order to reverse the heavy unemployment crisis affecting the...

Sonatrach: Nearly $38 billion of hydrocarbon receipts in H1 2012

The Sonatrach Group exported for $37.7 billion of hydrocarbons during the first half of 2012, Abdelhamid Zerguine the CEO announced on Wednesday....