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Western Sahara: doggedness, incriminations and a UN confusion
There are irreconcilable differences between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan crown to find a common ground agreement on the future of Western Sahara....
Western Sahara: Obama to chose sides
Western Sahara is under microscopic scrutiny in the United States. Last week, two reports, one put together by foreign policy experts and the other...
Morocco: Natural gas discovery to ease strain on budget
The National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) confirmed, Tuesday, the discovery of two offshore reserves of natural gas in Morocco.
The finding of...
Prostitute! Forced sex through Africa to Europe on a bus
Janny* just arrived in Paris. She is West African, abused, raped, exploited, she thought that her life would be much better in Europe. To...
Moroccan biennale bridges a severed cultural gap
The Moroccan capital, Rabat is hosting, 17 to 28 March, the first international biennale theatre with participants from several countries including France, Switzerland, Spain,...
US: Arabesque festival featuring North Africa and Arab world dazzles
On the lower level of Washington’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, where the complex’s gift shop usually is situated, a...
Morocco: Royal Air Maroc to increase aircraft fleet
Official sources from Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have revealed that the company will order six new aircraft before the end of March. RAM is...
Algeria: 5 candidates to oppose Bouteflika in the April 9 presidential elections
The president of the Algerian constitutional council, Boualem Bessaih, Monday announced that 6 candidates have been retained to stand for the countrys next presidential...
Morocco: Madrid and Casablanca bomber, Saâd Husseini, sentenced to 15 years in Prison
Saâd Husseini, 38, one of the main suspects of the 2003 Casablanca and 2004 Madrid bomb attacks was condemned Thursday to a 15 year...
Western Sahara – Morocco: Christopher Ross ends his tour on a positive note
United Nations special envoy to Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, Wednesday ended his tour of the Maghreb in the Algerian capital, Algiers, on a positive...
Morocco embarks on financial aid project to poor families
An unprecedented financial aid scheme to encourage mass education under the framework of the “Tayssir” proposal has been initiated in Morocco. Some 38,000 families...
Morocco Telecom announces a rise of 13.5% in operational results
Morocco Telecom, a subsidiary of Vivendi, Tuesday published an operational result for the year 2008. The results showed a 13.5% rise (13.9 billion dirhams)...
Morocco – Algeria border: The tug of war continues
The land borders between Morocco and Algeria were reopened exceptionally on Sunday to allow a convoy of humanitarian aid, "Life line to the people...
Ambitious Moroccan project to create 220,000 jobs
A public-private agreement, National Pact for Industrial Emergence, aimed at a capacity building project, was signed signed last week at the historic city of...
“Informal couples” ordered to get married before February 5
Informal couples in Morocco have been ordered to get married before February 5, 2009. Rural inhabitants continue to get married simply by reading the...
A new Moroccan Mayor for Rotterdam
This is the first time a person of foreign descent has been appointed to run a city in the Netherlands. Ahmed Aboutaleb, of Moroccan...
Western Saharan born Moroccan official dismissed for holding Spanish nationality
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has dismissed the Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ahmed Lakhrif, after the latter...
Morocco inflicting abuses on Western Saharans
In a damning report released, Friday, by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), the group has highlighted the pitiful state of human liberties in Western...
Moroccan convicted of Madrid bombings vows to appeal
Abdelilah Ahriz has been convicted for raising money for terrorist activities as well as being part of the criminal group that carried out the...
Moroccan group buys French bank out of West and Central Africa
Maghreb's leading banking and financial group, Attijariwafa Bank (AWB), will in 2006 hold 59% of the share capital of the Union Gabonaise de Banques...
North African countries discuss Arab Maghreb Union
Liberal politicians from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania showed a special interest in the Arab Maghreb Union process during their meeting in Marrakech between...
Aids infections in Morocco at 2798 since ’86
About 2,798 Moroccans have been afflicted by the dreaded AIDS disease since 1986, sources close to the Moroccan health ministry said Monday. According to...
King of Morocco and Nigerian President condemn Mumbai attacks
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned the terrorist attacks on India's financial capital city of Mumbai, which left over 125 people dead and...
Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie seizes 7.5 tonnes of drugs
The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie seized nearly 7.5 tonnes of drugs in the province of Chefchaouen (northern part) and arrested three traffickers, whose identities were...
Morocco trounces Zambia in friendly match
Morocco trounced Zambia 3-0 on Wednesday evening in Casablanca in a friendly match as part of both teams' preparations for the third and last...
Secrets of prostitution in an Islamic Kingdom
Results of a January 2008 research involving 500 prostitutes have just been released in Morocco. Under-age sex, family pressure, high educational background… this study...
Morocco records highest number of Spanish nationals in its prisons
Morocco has the largest number of detained Spanish nationals in its prisons, followed by Brazil and Peru, the Moroccan media said Wednesday. Some 219...
Moroccan justice minister, Abdelouahed Radi, elected party secretary
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdelouahed Radi has been elected first secretary of the Socialist Union of the Popular Forces (USFP), replacing Mohamed El Yazghia, a...
Morocco to buy four Italian military aircrafts
Morocco is to buy four C-27J Spartan Italian military airplanes for 130 millions euro, the Moroccan media disclosed Monday. A transport and logistical support...
Several lives lost and properties destroyed in Morocco floods
Eleven people lost their lives while several houses were destroyed when floods ravaged the province of Nador, North-eastern Morocco, in the early hours of...