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Morocco : The e-commerce awards

"It is the aim to encourage, support and of course reward the players and entrepreneurs in the field of e-commerce that these Awards have been established. Moreover, it is also shed light on this...

Mariah Carey Wows Crowd At Concert in Morocco

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Cannes Cinema Festival : Nabil Ayouch Receives Franois Chalais Prize For His Film Les Chevaux De Dieu

Moroccan film director Nabil Ayouch was awarded the 2012 François Chalais Prize for his feature movie ” Les Chevaux de Dieu”,organizers announced on Saturday on the sidelines of the Cannes...

Moroccan economic growth should reach 3.4% in 2012 (DEPF)

The Director of Studies and Financial Forecasts (DEPF) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, provides for an adjustment of economic growth to 3.4% in 2012, fired primarily by non-agricultural...

Mubarak's Chief of staff convicted of corruption

Zakaria Azmi ,Mubarak's chief of staff and one of his closest aides has been sentenced to 7 years in jail and fined $ 6 million for corruption.Mubarak was rarely seen without him....

Islamists walk out of Algerian Parliament

Islamist lawmakers walked out of the inaugural session of Algeria’s parliament on Saturday to protest against an election they say was rigged to hand a majority to the ruling elite’s party....

Tunisia's economy showing signs of recovery

Tunisia’s economy is showing signs of revival after popular protests last year pushed it into recession but the crisis in the euro zone, its most important export market, presents risks, a senior...

Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International delivered a scathing condemnation of global and national leadership in its 2012 global human rights report on Tuesday, conveying profound disappointment in such leadership for...

"Big Five" Crushes "Small Five" Over Veto Powers

At the height of the Cold War, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, publicly expressed scepticism about the ability of small countries to survive the diplomatic might of the big powers in...

Seven students killed and 28 wounded Friday in Algeria

Seven students were killed and 28 wounded Friday after a gas explosion in a dormitory of Tlemcen, 520 km southwest of Algiers, according to the local director of health, correcting an initial...

Global Temperatures Rising on a Devastating Trajectory

Climate-heating carbon emissions set a record high in 2011, in a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, the International Energy Agency reported this week. The main reason for this dangerous...

Algeria: The G14 boycotting the NPC for a parallel popular parliament

Accusing the power of fraud, the group of 14 Algerian political parties decided to boycott the new legislature, which they regard as illegitimate....

US DOS releases 2011 Human Rights Report

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introduced the 2011 Human Rights Report saying that it formed an invaluable reference point for leaders in government and civil society around the world....

Moroccan Prime Minister in Tunisia for 2 day visit

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane arrived in Tunisia on Thursday on a two day visit to Tunisia.He was met at the airport by his Tunisian counterpart Hamadi Jebali and Finance Minister...

The Globalisation of U.S. Special Operations Forces

It was recently reported that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) commander Adm. Bill McRaven and Deputy Director of Operations Brig. Gen. Sean Mulholland want to establish a worldwide network...

Egypt's Presidential polls close.

Voting closed late Cairo after a generally peaceful election with large crowds visitig the polling stations late into in the cooler evening....

The Solar Impulse takes off from Switzerland to Morocco

The co-founder of the project Andre Borschberg was at the controls of the aircraft.Its wings are covered with 12,000 solar cells powering four electric motors with an output of 10 hp each....

Tunisia: Death penalty demanded for the former President Ben Ali

The former president, tried several times in absentia for is indicted for 'aiding and abetting voluntary manslaughter', incurring the death penalty, called against him by the Public Ministry....

The financial crisis affects the real economy of Mediterranean countries

Unlike Western economies, the global financial crisis has had a greater effect on the real economies of the Maghreb, than on the financial system itself. Depending on the country, this has led to a...

«Youth and the Importance of Politics » 26 May, Hay Riad, Rabat

The regional project YAANI – The Young Arab Analysts Network International – initiated by the British Council in collaboration with Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs –...