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Algeria reduces the costs of imports

The fall of 10.78% in Algeria's food bill has resulted in a decline of 8.75% in total imports during the first five months of 2012 compared to the same period last year, Algerian customs said on...

Gnawa World Music Festival from 21- 24 June in Essaouira

It is time again for Essaouira to don its finery and vibrate to the sound of cymbals and other drums to give a fitting welcome to the Gnawa World Music Festival from 21 to 24 June, the city it will...

Egyptian Presidential election results delayed

The announcement of the results of the first presidential election in Egypt since the departure in February 2011 of former President Hosni Mubarak, originally scheduled for Thursday, was postponed to...

Toulouse: Schizophrenic hostage taker claims to be Al Quaeda.

In a city still in shock after the Mohamed Merah incident in March an armed youngman held up a bank branch in the centre of the city close to where Merah died. He was confronted by police security...

Tunisia: The exhibition of El Abdellia that awoke the "sleeping monster"

It was hardly expected that a small art show could generate so much "damage", yet this indeed was the case. The exhibition celebrating the 10th Spring Arts at the Abdellia Palace, located in La Marsa...

Food Crisis Empties Niger Schools

Since December 2011, the food crisis in Niger has displaced large numbers of people from areas of scarcity to parts of the country that enjoyed better harvests. The social impacts for these internal...

Bombardier acquires land for its future plant in Casablanca

Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier a major industrial investor in Morocco has now completed the purchase of a plot of land, 10 hectares for the planned factory..The land is located near...

The Casablanca American School- a governance row

The Casablanca American School is divided over the role of its Borad of Governors and the US State Department and American Ambassador Sam Kaplan are involved....

5 marocaines, 6 ressortissants du golf et un français, écroués pour prostitution à Marrakech

Marrakech : Les 12 prévenus ont été déférés ce matin du mercredi, devant le procureur du Roi relevant du tribunal de première instance de la cité ocre. Pour avoir constitué un lieu de débauche et y...

8th Festival of Amazigh Culture: Amazigh heritage honored in Fez 13-15 July 2012

The eighth annual Festival of Amazigh Culture will be held in Fez from 13 to 15 July 2012. "Mother Tongue and Diaspora" is the theme of this edition....

Mubarak Close to death

Following a heart attack and stroke in Tola Prison where he was incarcerated since his sentence to life imprisonment the former president was move to the Maadi military hospital where he is in...

Talks with Mali rebels are underway

The MNLA are reported to have held talks with the Ecowas spokesman President Blaise Campaoré of Burkino Faso and Ansar Dine have also said they are ready to meet President Campaoré. Any agreement...

African Conflicts Push New Refugee Population to 11-Year High

Civil conflicts in four African nations helped push some 800,000 people to seek safe haven in foreign countries during 2011, according to the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner...

Algeria: Good grain harvests will help reduce food imports

Algeria, which normally imports 60% of its cereal needs, could reduce this burden because of the large harvest ever recorded. Algeria, which...

ZTE enters Tunisian mobile phone market

The world's fourth-largest mobile phone producer, ZTE, has entered the Tunisian market, the Chinese telecom giant announced at a press conference on Monday in Tunis....

US engagement with Africa

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the cornerstone of the U.S. trade and economic relationship with sub-Saharan Africa, has seen an impressive growth in trade between the United States...

Gunmen storm Tunisian consulate in Libya's Benghazi

Gunmen on Monday stormed the Tunisian consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, diplomatic and security sources told AFP, without reporting casualties....

SCAF Issues amended Egypt Constitutional Declaration

The Supreme Armed Forces Council(SCAF) has awarded itself new legislative and fiscal powers which effectively mean that it has taken control in Egypt. The new president will have no authority over...

Libyan Government Sends Troops to troubled region

Following frequent clashes between militias and tribal factions Libya's National Transititional Council (NTC) has deployed troops in the west of the country in Zintan,Mizdah and Shegayga and declared...

Tunisia: President Moncef Marzouki Condemns 'Irresponsible' calls to incite violence.

The Presidency of the Republic strongly condemned on Saturday as "irresponsible" the calls for the murder of artists "launched even in the mosques", reminding that "the freedoms of opinion,...