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Moroccan Economy Not Immune from Recession

According to the Moroccan daily Le Soir, Morocco may not be immune from the repercussions of the global financial crisis. The latest CDG capital Research reveals that the national banking sector is...

EU unemployment rises

Eurozone unemployment has risen to 15-year high The European Union published figures on Wednesday showing unemployment in the eurozone rose to 10.9 percent in March. Spain remained the nation with...

Gmail: introduces online automatic translation of emails

Messaging giant's Gmail web has to provide its users the function of automatic translation of emails that previously was only available via Labs....

U.S. says Tunisia TV fine raises freedom concerns

The United States expressed concern on Thursday at a Tunisian court's ruling against a television station owner in a blasphemy row, saying it raised concerns about free expression after last year's...

Libya drops ban on parties based on religion,tribal or ethnic lines

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) reversed an earlier decision yesterday to ban against parties organised along religious, regional, tribal or ethnic lines following pressure from a...

Tunisian Government to Level the Playing Field for Islamic Finance

Islamic finance in Tunisia is only a recent trend, and one that is still working through the hurdles to meet the competition in the domestic banking sector....

Islamists make demands for hostages

An Al-Qaeda splinter group wants a total of 45 million euros in ransoms for two European women aid workers and seven Algerian diplomats taken hostage, the group’s spokesman said Wednesday....

Morocco and the Gulf:a strategic shift?

Morocco is eyeing the cash rich Gulf countries as a destination for exports and investment opportunities. Maroc Export says that there is...

Sonatrach to resume Libya operations next week

Sonatrach is to resume its upstream operations in neighbouring Libya next week after a year's absence, an official in the Algerian energy sector said to Reuters on Tuesday....

Death toll in Cairo protests rises to over 20.

The number killed in the protests near the defence ministry has risen to least 20 people according to the BBC. dozens injured when unidentified attackers stormed a protest by followers of the...

Morocco: High-speed growth

Under its national strategy for information and digital economy, Digital Morocco 2009-13, the country has seen the number of people connected to the internet rise to around 49% of the population....

Interview with Nadia Echiguer

Nadia Echiguer has launched the Moroccan Fine Art online gallery in London.She spoke about her project to NAU and her thoughts on the art scene in Morocco....

Celebration of International Day of Jazz in Algiers

A musical concert was hosted by the famous Serbian pianist Bojan Z and several Algerian artists in the Ibn Zaydoun room in Algierson the occasion of the first "International Day of Jazz"....

Media Faces New Crackdown

The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalists and activists critical of its policies are threatening freedom of expression and journalistic freedoms in the West Bank, according to local human...

Mali Heading Closer to Civil War

Since January, various groups of Tuareg rebels in Mali have come together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad. While...

France Caught Between Right and Left

French workers turned out in droves on May 1, International Workers’ Day, to back their political candidates ahead of the second round of the French presidential elections next Sunday. But France’s...

Moroccan firms seek Saudi investment

A visiting Moroccan business delegation, representing 39 industrial and commercial companies, visited the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Arab News reported....

Labour Day sees protests against austerity and unemployment

Europe is seeing widespread Labour Day protests against austerity and unemployment .France and Greece are both holding crucial elections on Sunday....

Mali ex-junta says counter-coup defeated

Early in the night, a regional diplomatic source indicated that the Bamako airport was under the control of loyalist forces. The situation...

Moroccan Universities to face digitisation challenge

In order to grow and open themselves to new horizons, Moroccan universities have a fundamental need to develop a digital space and information system, according to student and university leaders, who...