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Salaries: Moroccans top in N.Africa

If the Egyptians had the highest wage increases in 2011, the Moroccan employees remain the highest paid. That at least is what emerges from the traditional Mercer survey on incomes in the world....

Morocco: Prison for Rapper Who Criticized Police

Muzzling a Musician, Country Hosting Music Festivals Strikes Sour Note The sentencing of a rapper on May 11, 2012 to one year in prison for...

Egypt's mindboggling first time choosing a leader

Egyptians are for the first time getting a taste of how it is to choose a president— with groundbreaking presidential debates, face-to-face encounters with candidates on the campaign trail, and...

Teen Girl Forced to Marry Her Rapist in Morocco

In Tangier, Morocco, Safae, a 14-year old girl just gave birth to a baby girl. Births are normally events to celebrate, but not this time. Her baby is the product of a rape. Her story begins in...

Women on the road to political leadership in Tunisia

There are currently 59 women in the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA), out of the 217 deputies elected last fall to draft a new constitution. These 59 women were able to run in the...

Spain’s "Indignados" Take to the Streets Again

A filthy vacant lot is now sprouting strawberries, tomatoes and carrots. This small community garden in the centre of the southern Spanish city of Málaga was created by the "Indignados" protest...

Recovering From the Spring, at a Price

The Arab Spring sent scores of sick and injured Libyans, fleeing their war- torn country, straight to Jordan, where the influx of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and...

Save the date: On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The Hotel La Renaissance celebrates sixty years !

The Renaissance Hotel, famous institution of Marrakesh celebrates sixty years on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Inaugurated in 1952 this hotel was...

Head of Morocco's broadcasting authority sacked

Chief Moroccan broadcasting boss loses job over disagreements regarding regulation measures which include calling for prayers on television and banning gambling advertisements...

Egypt gets US$1 bn from Saudis, clearing IMF hurdle

Saudi Arabia has transferred US$1 billion to Egypt's central bank, an Egyptian minister said on Thursday, in a move seen as helping Cairo secure a $3.2 billion loan from the IMF....

TUI AG narrows loss as tourists return to N Africa

German travel and tourism group TUI AG said demand for holidays in North Africa was recovering, as it reported a smaller than expected second-quarter loss....

Tunisia economy grew 2 pct in first quarter-PM

Tunisia's prime minister said on Thursday the economy grew 2 percent in the first quarter of 2012, climbing back from a contraction a year ago....

FAO Director-General warns of Horn of Africa, Sahel funding gap

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today warned of a major funding gap for activities planned by FAO in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa....

Algerian vote touted as fair, but voters apathetic

Less than half of Algeria's registered voters turned out for parliamentary elections on Thursday, for a contest billed by authorities as the freest in decades....

The participation rate in Algeria's elections reached 44.38% nationally (Ould Kablia)

Voter turnout in parliamentary elections has reached 44.38% nationally, the Minister of Interior and Local Government, Mr. Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday in Algiers. ....

Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons: UN

About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centers in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday....

Libya nearing key moment in its democratic transition, says UN envoy

Libya is nearing a key moment in its democratic transition with upcoming elections, the United Nations envoy for the North African country said today, while adding that the polls are just one part of...

Scepticism main challenger in Algerian election

Sceptical Algerians abstained in large numbers from a parliamentary election on Thursday which the country’s ruling elite hoped would help them claw back credibility after Arab Spring revolts left...

Fixed And Mobile Phones Subscribers Reach 40 Million In Morocco, Internet Users 15 Million: PM

Moroccan Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane, welcomed the results achieved in the telecommunications sector, which contributes to up to 4% of the GDP, and the significant increase in the...

The Mena economy: Arab Spring, economic winter?- EIU

Growing disarray on the streets and worsening political in-fighting are threatening to condemn post-revolutionary Arab states to a meagre economic harvest says the Economist Intellegence Unit (EIU)...