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2,950 Microprojects financed by ANGEM in Tamenrasset

total of 2,593 micro-projects were funded in 2011 in the wilaya of Tamanrasset through the National Management Agency for Microcredit (ANGEM), local officials of this organization said to El...

Conference on reforms in the Maghreb at St Anthony's College Oxford.

A Conference will be held on Saturday 11 February at St Anthony's College Oxford on the reforms initiated in the Maghreb countries in the wake of the Arab Spring ....

Gunmen kill seven in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff

Gunmen have killed seven Libyan refugees at a camp in a Tripoli suburb, residents and hospital sources said.The attackers came to the gate of the makeshift settlement in a disused naval academy in...

The Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines invites British companies to invest in the Algerian energy sector

The Minister of Energy and Mines Minister Youcef Yousfi, invited British companies to become more involved in investment and partnership in the energy sector in Algeria, said a ministry statement...

Simo Ezoubeiri : The Image in the Service of Art

Simo Ezoubeiri lives and works in the USA , he was born and grew up in Marrakech and has received wide acclaim for his portrail of artistic themes on video particularly his portrayals of the...

Trade between Morocco and Tunisia promises a bright future

Economic relations between Morocco and Tunisia should experience a great boost in coming years given the potential inherent in the two countries and the common will to boost trade within the Arab...

EUNIC to take part in SIEL. Casablanca 10-19 Feb 2012

The British Council is pleased to announce the participation of four European Institutes in SIEL. A key event in the city of Casablanca, the International Book Fair of Casablanca will take place from...

Thousands flee fighting in Mali

Nearly 10,000 people have fled Mali to seek refuge in Niger after fighting between the Malian army and armed Tuareg groups in the north, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says....

Sonatrach invested $ 12 billion in 2011

Sonatrach Group invested 12 billion dollars in 2011 to develop its activities in oil and gas, Mr. Abdelhamid Zerguine CEO of the Sonatrach Group said on Tuesday....

Sabah Benziadi the Algerian choreographer

Sabah Benziadi was born in Algeria and as a child studied with her mother and grandmother who were both dancers. She gave her first performance at the age of 10 in the " Algiers National Theatre"...

Morocco, Algeria and the AMU.

In an article Jeune Afrique reviews the relations between Morocco and Algeria and the benefits of opening the frontier and re-establishing the Arab Maghreb Union on a firm footing....

Algeria: Snowfall roads closed to traffic in 21 provinces of the country

Several roads and routes in thes wilayas remain closed to traffic in 21 provinces of the country following heavy snowfall recorded in the last 24 hours, depending on a situation analysis prepared...

The next tour of Tunisian President in the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) aims to reactivate the Maghreb Union project

The tour by the Tunisian President Marzouki next week of Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria, is part of the efforts to revive the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), said the spokesman for the Tunisian...

More than 35.2 million subscribers for mobile phones in 2011 in Algeria

There were 35.2 million mobile telephone subscribers in Algeria in 2011, up 2.5 million users compared to 2010, the Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (ARPT) said on Saturday....

Zbigniew Brzezinski . A very Ayssemetric World

In an interview with Le Monde in 2011, Zbigniew Brzezinski former National Security Adviser under President Jimmy Carter, predicted that the Nato attack against Libya would be a political failure if...

A Libyan business delegation from Benghazi will visit Tunis 5-9 February 2012.

A delegation of Libyan businesses from four companies in Benghazi operating in the commercial, food products,building construction and petroleum sectors will be visiting Tunisia from 5-9 February....

The 18th edition of "Maghreb Books" on 11 and 12 February in Paris

The 18th edition of "Maghreb Books" will be held on February 11 and 12 in the Hotel de Ville in Paris with some 144 authors from Algeria, France, Tunisia and Morocco, the organizers said on Friday,...

Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Conclusion of her Visit to Tunisia

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde made the following statement yesterday in Tunis at the end of her visit to Tunisia....

Egyptian Prime Minister orders the dissolution of the national football board

Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri on Thursday ordered the dissolution of the board of the national football association in the wake of violence that killed 74 died after a game between the...

Mali: demonstrations by families of soldiers fighting Tuareg rebels

Protestors are blocking the streets of Mali’s capital and soldiers’ families are demonstrating in a nearby town after recent clashes between the army and a Tuareg rebel group...