by Rachid Khouya Morocco World News Smara, May 18, 2013 All countries of the world have the right to get rid of any individual who seem to pose a threat to their national security except Morocco. Spain and France, who are giving the world lessons in the respect of human rights, have the right to get rid of those they see as unwanted or undesired within their national borders. Of course, this is their right. ...

Paris - May 15, 2013 (MAP) French foreign trade minister, Nicole Bricq, will pay on Thursday a visit to Morocco where she will participate in the 1st Panafrican meeting of French external trade advisors. Bricq’s fourth visit of the kind to Morocco “illustrates the unique relations between the two countries and France’s will to remain Morocco’s first economic partner in a context of increases competition”, a ...

BREST, France, May 05,2013 (AFP) A French test of an M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile failed on Sunday as it self-destructed off the coast of Brittany, officials said. "It was a failure, the reasons will be determined by an investigation," said Lieutenant Commander Lionel Delort, a spokesman for the Atlantic Naval Prefecture. He said the missile "self-destructed during its first propulsion phase... ...

Paris,  April 26, 2013 (MAP) France welcomed on Friday the adoption of a UN resolution providing for the extension of the UN Sahara mission (MINURSO), saying the text is "satisfying", particularly regarding human rights where Morocco has achieved "progress". "We encourage the progress made (in human rights) and encourage Moroccan authorities to continue on this path", said spokesman of the French foreign de ...

 by Imed Lamloum TRIPOLI, April 23, 2013 (AFP) A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya on Tuesday, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage, in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September. Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel Aziz branded the act a "terrorist" incident, and French President Francois Hollande said Tripoli must ac ...

PARIS, April 19, 2013 (AFP)  France's bitter debate over gay marriage is set to reach a potentially explosive climax on Sunday, two days before a bill legalising same-sex unions is due to be finally approved. Opponents of the reform have been urged to take to the streets of Paris in a last-ditch show of their hostility to the reform after a week of regular and sometimes violent protests. "There are only a f ...

MARSEILLE, April 17 (AFP) France launched one of its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare. More than 5,000 women registered as plaintiffs in the case, which sees the defendants including PIP founder Jean-Claude Mas charged with aggravated fraud for using industrial-grade silicone in implants. An ...

PARIS, March 29, 2013 (AFP) France's two key economic indicators for 2012 overshot government targets, with public deficit standing at 4.8 percent of gross domestic product while public debt reached a new record of 90.2 percent of output, data showed on Friday. The government had forecast a deficit of 4.5 percent of GDP for the year and for public debt to reach 89.9 percent. But data released by the INSEE n ...

PARIS, March 20, 2013 (AFP) French police on Wednesday carried out a raid on the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in connection with a probe into her handling of a high-profile scandal when she was a government minister. The investigation concerns Lagarde's 2007 decision to order a panel of judges to arbitrate in a dispute between disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie and the bank Credit Lyonnais, which l ...

PARIS, March 19, 2013 (AFP) French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac resigned on Tuesday after prosecutors announced a full investigation into a secret Swiss bank account he allegedly used to hide assets from the tax authorities. The prosecutors' move made Cahuzac's position untenable and deeply embarrassing for the Socialist government as he was the government minister in charge of combating tax avoidance. ...

March 18, 2013 The international community must continue its efforts to help feed people in the Sahel, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, following a visit to the West African region marred by high levels of food and nutrition insecurity, as well as the effects of the conflict in Mali. “The Sahel is facing a double threat: instability, caused by a conflict that has sent re ...

Brussles, Feb 22, 2013 (AFP) Islamist rebels who seized the town hall and governor's residence in the Malian city of Gao have been forced out, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday as fresh clashes erupted in the region. "The rebels occupied the Gao city hall and the governor's residence. Mali army troops, backed up by French forces, reacted and five Islamists were killed. The situation h ...