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Niger: a government plan to combat the food crisis

As another difficult lean season looms, the Nigerien government wants to look ahead and prevent future crises. It has launched a $ 1.5 billion programme over five years....

Restoration Plan for 700 old Ksours at In - Salah

Nearly 700 old buildings of of El-Arab and Merabtine ksours at In-Salah (750 km north of Tamanrasset), will be restored, it was learned from industry leaders in urban planning and construction (UCR)...

Algeria : Islamic parties threaten to withdraw from legislative elections

Three Algerian political parties forming an alliance Islamist threatened Sunday in Algiers to withdraw from the elections on May 10 in Algeria, if there is concrete evidence of fraud before the...

OBG highlights Financial Position in Algeria in 2011

The journal Oxford Business Group (OBG) highlights in its latest edition,the strengthening financial position of Algeria in 2011, thanks to a sharp increase in exports during this year....

Egypt : NGO proceedings not over.

Despite the lifting of a travel ban on some of the American NGO personnel and the resignation of the tribunal judges,the proceedings are set to continue and the stakes are still high....

Christine Lagarde at the China Development Forum 2012

In a speech at the China Development Forum Christine Lagarde highlighted the role of China and emerging economies in the global economy . She...

Rally for sharia law in Tunisia

Several thousand men and women demonstrated outside the Tunisian parliament on Friday to demand the inclusion of Islamic law in the north African country’s future constitution, AFP reports....

Gaddafi spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi held in Mauritania- BBC

The intelligence chief of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested in Mauritania, reports say.Officials said Abdullah al-Senussi was detained at Nouakchott airport, BBC news reports...

World Wind Power Climbs to New Record In 2011

Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts....

Spain's Jobless Unite for Solutions and Survival

Unemployed people's movements and associations in Spain are proposing alternatives to official job seeking channels, in the midst of an economic crisis that so far has left more than five million...

No Settlement in Sight as Syria Violence Intensifies

As Western governments reexamine their options for ending the ongoing violence in Syria, Kofi Annan, U.N.-Arab League special envoy to Syria, briefed diplomats Friday at the U.N. Security Council,...

An Assault on Multilateral Trade Negotiations

India, Brazil, and South Africa, the international grouping for promoting international cooperation among the three countries known as IBSA, along with China and several other developing countries,...

Echoroukonline :Time has come for an Islamic victory in Algeria, Moroccan PM says

The newly elected head of the Moroccan government Abdelilah Benkirane has declared that time has come for the Algerian Islamists to lead the country through their victory in the upcoming...

Libyan stock market reopens

Libya's stock market opened on Thursday for the first time since the fall of Moamer Gaddafi with trading in 10 companies valued at $3.1 billion (2.4 billion euros), its general manager said....

L'Expression: Medelci has deep concerns about Libya and Mali

In an interview with Algeria's Channel I TV the Algerian Foreign Minister evokes particular the situation in Libya, Mali, and the question of the border with Morocco. L'Expression reviews his...

Tunisia to return to bond market after US guarantees

Tunisia, the first country to rise up against its leader in the "Arab Spring", has secured debt guarantees from the U.S. government that will allow it to tap the international bond markets this...

Second Africa Telecom Forum, from 15 to 17 March in Marrakech

The second edition of the Africa Telecom Forum (ATF) is being held from March 15 to 17 in Marrakech, under the theme "Regulation and competition: issues relating to new products."...

Islamic finance: Introduction imminent in Morocco

The Moroccan government is the process of finalizing a draft law on the integration of Islamic finance in the Moroccan banking system.Mohamed Najib Boulif ,Deputy Minister of Corporate Affairs and...

Algeria :The urgency of a new economy less dependent on hydrocarbons

Experts stressed on Wednesday in Algiers, the urgency of developing a new economic policy to make the economy less dependent on hydrocarbons, turning the emphasis on the need to involve all...

BIM, the giant Turkish food retailer, plans to open 50 new outlets in Morocco

The Turkish giant food retailer, BIM intends to strengthen its presence in Morocco by opening 50 new outlets across the Kingdom, as part of its new growth strategy to internationally, particularly...