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Islamist militant Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi, a member of the so-called People’s Army of Sahrawi Liberation (military branch of the polisario secessionist movement) who joined the terror organization ISIS, has threatened to attack MINURSO and foreign tourists in Sahara. In an audio recording aired by Al Jazeera, Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi has, for the first time, threatened […]
Moroccan Outiti Bouziane has won lately the Energy Globe Award 2016 for the liquid sewage treatment project carried out in the province of Al-Haouz, suburbs of Marrakech, one of the world’s popular travel destinations. The wastewater treatment project, carried out in the rural village of Asselda in a bid to improve the living conditions of […]
Tunisian former Foreign Minister became Thursday Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU.) The 72-year-old former diplomat was appointed by the AMU Foreign Ministers Council at the 33rd session held in Tunis. Bacchoube will replace country-man Habib Ben Yahia, outgoing Secretary General of the AMU. Bacchoube was Tunisia’s Foreign Minister from February 2015 to […]
Tunisia’s economy will witness little growth this year (2 per cent) and next year (3.5 per cent) with tourism and agriculture sectors still in difficult situations, the Central Bank announced. The Central Bank’s report indicates that contrary to 2015 marked by a growth rate estimated below 1 per cent, hitting nearly 0 per cent, Tunisia […]
The German software firm SAP has opened its new office in Morocco, confirming the company’s expansion in Africa. SAP new platform was installed in Casablanca’s CasaNearShore Park, a service area dedicated to companies specializing in software development, infrastructure management, back office banking and insurance and customer relationship management… The Casanearshore, the largest in North Africa, […]
Morocco has become the first non-European country to join the European Organization for Air Traffic Security after long years of cooperation. Under the comprehensive agreement that was signed on the sidelines of the Marrakech Air Show which took place April 27 to 30, Morocco will be fully integrated in Eurocontrol’s structures and can thus benefit […]
Governor Tahar Matmati of Medenine stated that the week-long border blockade that has affected trade between Libya and Tunisia “will be resolved very soon” as discussions between the two sides progress. The blockade imposed by Libyan authorities at the Ras Jedir crossing point is due to the “smuggling of subsidized goods” such as petrol according […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed the pledge to make of the Moroccan Sahara provinces a hub for trade and human interaction between Africa and Europe and a bridge between Morocco and its African roots. This came in a message he addressed on Wednesday to the first African Congress on maintenance, preservation of road assets and […]
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania Tuesday proposed the suppression of the Senate, which, he said, obstructs laws adoption. He called for a national referendum to decide over the move while giving three to four weeks to opposition parties to decide whether they will take part in the vote. “We are calling on the […]
Egypt’s main state-owned newspaper Tuesday lambasted the interior ministry in an “unprecedented editorial” following the arrest of two journalists and police raid on the Press Syndicate headquarters on Sunday. Al-Ahram, one of government vibrant supporters, took millions of Egyptians by surprise as it chided state security apparatus over brutality committed on journalists over the past […]