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Adel Imam - case dismissed.

A Cairo misdemeanor court dismissed on Thursday a complaint against Egyptian comedy actor Adel Imam and other artists for insulting religion, days after another one sentenced him to jail on the...

Renewable energy: Launch of the Africa Express in Rabat

The mission will travel by train through Africa to promote the use of renewable energy as a vehicle for growth. The inauguration of the...

Ecowas in Abidjan examines solutions to the crises in Mali and Guinea-Bissau

An extraordinary summit of heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), opened Thursday in Abidjan to try to defuse the political crisis through which...

Africa CEO Forum 20-21 November 2012 in Geneva.

300 CEOs from over 40 African countries, 100 bankers and investors and a large number of key African public sector decision makers will gather in Geneva for two days of debate and dialogue....

Renault refusal to locate plant in Jijel delayed negotiations

Minister of Industry, SME and Investment Promotion Mohamed Benmeradi said on Wednesday in Algiers that the French car maker Renault refused to locate its plant in Bellara (Jijel),which has delayed...

Tunisia looks to the Gulf

Qatar has offered Tunisia a $1 billion low interest loan to bolster its economy, the Tunisian presidential spokesman announced on Wednesday.....

Mali PM announces new cabinet Ministers.

Interim prime minister Cheick Modibo Diarra has formed a new government with a 24 member cabinet giving three military personnel linked to the coup key cabinet positions....

Libya bans parties based on faith or ethnicity.

Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has issued a new law that bans parties that are based on faith , tribe or ethnicity which will not be eligible to take part in the elections in...

Communication-advertising: launch in Algeria of the ninth version of the ICC Code

The ninth version of the Consolidation of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on the best practices for advertising and marketing communications was launched on Tuesday in Algeria during...

Security Council extends MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara until 30 APRIL 2013.

The UN Department of Public Information issued the following statement yesterday.The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Western Sahara until 30 April 2013....

Very active partnership between USAID and the EACCE to promote exports of agricultural products and food Moroccan

The establishment of autonomous control and coordination of exports (EACCE) program and the economic competitiveness of Morocco (MEC) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),...

Media Control controversy in Morocco

Divisions have emerged in Morocco's ruling coalition over media guidlines issued by the Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman Mustapha El Khalfi....

Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women

Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the...

Moroccan Minister of Education calls for "more" rapprochement

Moroccan Minister of Education Mohamed El-Ouafa called Monday in Algiers for "more" rapprochement between Algeria and Morocco to make the Arab Maghreb region a "stable" region in political, economic...

Mali: An Analysis of the Current Situation.

An analysis by David Lewis of Reuters points out that in a matter of weeks Mali has gone from being a democratic state to a partitioned and fractured territory with the MNLA in the North...

Call to make of Trans-Saharan Road "a driver of economic development"

Minister of Trade Mustapha Benbada underlined on Monday the necessity for the countries crossed by the 9,000km-Trans-Saharan road to adopt a comprehensive policy that would help make the...

Moroccan Fine Art launches at The Coningsby Gallery, London 7-12 May 2012

A new initiative to promote Moroccan contemporary art in the key London market with its golbal connections has been born with the creation by the UK based Moroccan Fine Art of its website which is an...

Morocco at Cannes with ‘Les chevaux de Dieu’ by Nabil Ayouch

Morocco will be at the 65th Edition of the International film festival in Cannes with the new film ”Les chevaux de Dieu” (The horses of God) by director Nabil Ayouch. The film will compete in the...

Interview with Professor Linda Pappas Funsch.

Linda Pappas Funsch is Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at Frederick Community College, Maryland USA. She has lived in in several countries throughout the region and traveled widely. She...

Mali kidnappers say willing to free Algerian diplomats

The Al Qaeda offshoot that claimed the abduction in the Malian city of Gao of the Algerian consul and six of his aides is willing to release them, one of the group's members said Monday....