Dedication of African unity square in Rabat, a token of Moroccan unshakable African identity
Rabat, May 24, 2013 (MAP) As part of celebrations of the Africa day in Morocco, marking the 50th anniversary of the Organization o more ...
Egypt’s cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons
CAIRO, May 24, 2013 (AFP) Almost three years after an uprising fuelled by the old regime's venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamis more ...
Morocco’s Mohammed Rifi wins the X Factor Show’s title
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, May 24, 2013 The Moroccan Mohammed Rifi, a young Moroccan singer with very special more ...
Indonesian ‘Hijabers’ buy into an Islamic economy
Jakarta, May 23, 2013 (AFP) Indonesian event organizer Risti Rahmadi wears an Islamic headscarf, uses halal lipstick and knows tha more ...
Casablanca’s university celebrates “Youth, Creativity and Change”
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 23, 2013 The English Department of the Ben M’sik Faculty of Letters and Human more ...
CAF unveils the schedule of CAN 2015 in Morocco
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 18, 2013 The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football met more ...
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Moroccans and Facebook
By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, Morocco, May 23, 2013 Five million Moroccans log onto the giant social network Facebook, reported nati more ...
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Contacts underway between the PJD and the PAM on a new coalition government
By Mohammed Mouad Chahbane Morocco World News Marrakesh, May 23, 2013 Contacts are believed to be underway between the PJD leadership and one of the l more ...
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Morocco: Benkirane criticizes for “mishandling” the economic crisis
By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, May 22, 2013 Morocco's top business leader criticized the head of the government for "mishandling the ec more ...
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US Department of State hails religious freedom in Morocco
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 22, 2013 The 2012 International Religious Freedom Report hailed Morocco for its constitutional, legal more ...
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Amazigh Flag appears in Moroccan Mosques
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, May 21, 2013 According to the Moroccan daily Almassae, 137 mosques affiliated to the Ministry of Awqaf more ...
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Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks, seize hostages
NIAMEY, May 23, 2013 (AFP) Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, kil more ...
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Obama to visit 3 African countries at end of June
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 (AFP) US President Barack Obama will head out on his first major African tour since taking office, traveling to Senegal, Sout more ...
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Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
By Pavithra Rao May 17, 2013 In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock f more ...
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Nigeria police free 17 girls in ‘baby-factory’ raid
Lagos, May 10, 2013 (AFP) Nigerian police have found 17 pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house, and were searching Friday for a woman suspected o more ...
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Qaeda chief’s brother warns France of retaliation for Mali
PARIS, April 29, 2013 (AFP) France is "playing with fire" in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda's chief said in an interview published Monday, warni more ...
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Tunisia’s state of emergency must be extended: Sabbagh
TUNIS, May 24, 2013 (AFP) The fragile security situation in Tunisia, where radical Islamists are blamed for a wave of violence in recent months, makes more ...
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Tunisia recovers luxury yacht owned by Ben Ali family
LA GOULETTE, Tunisia, May 24, 2013 (AFP) Tunisia put on display on Friday a luxury yacht formerly owned by the brother-in-law of deposed dictator Zine more ...
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‘Uncatchable’ Algerian jihadi mastermind Belmokhtar
ALGIERS, May 24, 2013 (AFP) Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist reportedly behind Thursday's suicide bombings in Niger, is an Al-Qaeda veteran more ...
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Libya economy surges following revolution: IMF
TRIPOLI, May 23, 2013 (AFP) Libya's economy surged 105 percent in 2012 and should grow 20.2 percent this year, as it continues recovering from the mel more ...
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Defending her name: Tunisia’s topless activist gets pepper-spray charge
May 23, 2013 A young Tunisian women’s rights activist, who was arrested at the weekend while protesting against hardline Islamists, has been charged w more ...
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Cairo airport delays plans to close at night
CAIRO, May 24, 2013 (AFP) Plans to shut two runways at Cairo's international airport at night have been shelved temporarily, the head of Egypt's airpo more ...
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Syria regime ‘agrees’ to attend peace conference
MOSCOW ,May 24, 2013 (AFP) Russia said on Friday that the Damascus regime had agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference on th more ...
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Clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli kills 23, says security source
Tripoli, May 24, 2013 (AFP) At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes between Sunni and Alawite residents of the Lebane more ...
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Syria opposition in talks on peace initiative as Qusayr battle rages on
Istanbul, May 24, 2013 (AFP) Syria’s main opposition group is set to hold a second day of talks Friday, mulling a new U.S.-Russian peace initiative t more ...
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Cliff Hanger: Meet Saudi’s first woman to climb Everest
May 23, 2013 Humble, sweet and candid, Raha Moharrak’s conversation with Al Arabiya English ranged from her latest accomplishment of climbing Mount Ev more ...
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Mustapha Salma on hunger strike in protest against the Polisario and the UNHCR
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 20, 2013 The Sahraoui activist Mustapha Weld Sidi Mouloud who is exiled from Tindouf Camps in Algeria more ...
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UN to fire MINURSO’s member who sided with the Polisario
Morocco World News New York, May 19, 2013 The United Nations has proceeded to fire the Egyptian member of the MINURSO who appeared in a video last Apr more ...
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Unfortunate and Disturbing Report: Weddady Has Some Explaining to Do
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba Washington, May 13, 2013 Following the recent investigative report by Max Blumenthal, a journalist affiliated with th more ...
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Assassination of a Polisario leader for his opposing political views on the Sahara
By Youssef Elkaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 4, 2013 Anyone who opposes the mainstream political views of the Polisario leader Mohammed Abdelaziz Al more ...
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Laayoune: demonstrators use the American flag to provoke Moroccan security forces
By Rachid Khouya Morocco World News Samara, Morocco, May 3, 2013 Sources from Laayoune said that Aminatou Haidar, the leader of the separatists, sprea more ...

















