Algeria is boosting its tourism with a plan to build 13 new hotels with a total capacity of 1037 beds in 2012 with an estimated cost of more than 918 ...

Libya: promoting olive production
Libya is now focusing on olive to compete with its neighbors in the region in a move to diversify its economy which depends on oil. The country is the...

Moroccan Group Wins Housing Deal in Côte d’Ivoire
Moroccan real estate group Alliances Développement Immobilier (ADI) has won a housing deal under which it will build some 7000 dwellings in Côte dR...

Morocco’s Honorary Consul in Syria Killed in Armed Attack
Morocco’s Honorary Consul in Syria, Mohamed Alaeddine Kiyali, has been killed in an attack by armed men. The consul and another passenger, a Syrian ju...

Mauritania’s airline ready to blossom
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s airline industry is rejoicing over the removal of the country’s ban by the European Commission. During its usual ...

Libyan PM Safe after Attack in Eastern City
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidan Tuesday survived an attack by a group of armed men in the city of al-Baida, about 200km east of Benghazi, local media...

A New President for Tangier American Legation
Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at Dartmouth College and chair of the Department of Anthrop...

Mauritania: Nouadhibou gets record energy supply
The Prime Minister, Dr Mohamed Ould Moulaye Lagdaf attended the inauguration of the distribution of electricity in the city of Nouadhibou aimed at eas...

U.S. Secretary of State Visits Morocco Next Week
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is expected in Morocco next week for a visit during which she will confer with King Mohammed VI on the Moroc...

Morocco celebrates Algerian cultural days
Morocco is celebrating this week Algerian culture through the organization of many cultural events including plastic art, book and artifact exhibition...