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Algeria has made every effort to help refugees in the Sahel region, said Saturday Abdourrahmane Cisse, president of Mali Red Cross. "Algeria had taken the initiative to help destitute population...

Reporters Without Borders strongly deplores the two-year jail sentence that a Marrakech court imposed yesterday on well-known blogger Mohamed Sokrate on trumped-up charges of drug possession and...

As angry demonstrators gathered once again in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest what many are calling a “soft coup” by the military, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted that Washington...

It is becoming increasingly uncomfortable to be female or foreign in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, birthplace of the January 2011 Egyptian revolution....

The jobs of 30,000 Moroccan employees are threatened by a French government demand for call centres to be relocated to France and to be staffed by French expatriates....

The newspaper La Temps de Tunisie writes that the Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice did not hide his annoyancewhen he heard a journalist describing the recent troubles in Tunisia as...

In an editorial La Presse de Tunisie gives its reaction to the decision of the government to ban demonstrations in the wake of the serious violence that erupted in Tunisia this week....

The Moroccan government on Wednesday urged the UN to "do justice" on the Sahara issue that has been disputed by Morocco and the Polisario Front , the independence movement backed by Algeria since...

The 2012 Global Peace Index, which rates countries of the most peaceful to more violent in the world, Morocco is ranked 54th out of 158 countries under scrutiny,The ranking is produced annually by...

Algiers is a beautiful city, seen from the sea its white buildings rise up to the wooded areas of Hydra with its villas and the Medina could regain its charm and character after the events of 1992...

Morocco's phosphate giant OCP on Wednesday launched a joint venture with Turkey's Toros Agri to strengthen its grip on lucrative fertiliser markets around the Black Sea and Central Asia....

The Supreme Court has cleared Ahmed Shafik to take part in the presidential run off .It has also ruled that the elections for the Lower House were unconstitutional and a third of the seats were...

The 7th National Aissaoua Cultural Festival opened on Wednesday night at the house of culture in Mila with a festive atmosphere, also marked by the mystical aura unique to this ancestral heritage....

I love the poster of the opening night last Wednesday in Rabat, the European Jazz Ensemble whose musicians are five different nationalities, in addition to the quintet Greek Kostas Theodorou...

The curfew in Tunis and other areas has been eased from 10pm to 4 am,announced the ministries of Interior and Defence in a statement. They assures citizens and tourists that the curfew is a temporary...

Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was sentenced yesterday in absentia to 20 years in prison for inciting disorder, murder and looting in Tunisian territory during the revolution,...

The Moroccan government on Wednesday urged the UN to him "do justice" to the Sahara issue. Morocco opposes the Polisario Front since 1975, the independence movement backed by Algeria....

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Spain's government bond rating to Baa3 from A3 yesterday, and has also placed it on review for possible further downgrade. Moody's expects to conclude the review...

A new World Bank project will help increase employment in Morocco by matching vocational skills and higher education systems with the needs of the labor market. A second project will strengthen the...