Month: October 2011

Rabat – The Inter-ministerial Commission for investments approved, during the period from November 2007 to October 2011, some 291 investment projects with a total cost of 241 billion dirhams, marking then a “very positive”...

ALGIERS, Algeria, Oct. 11 (UPI) — Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has stepped up attacks in North Africa, particularly in Algeria, amid the political turmoil roiling the region. But the operations, including suicide...

By Mark Johanson | October 11, 2011 2:35 PM EDT Officials on Spain’s El Hierro Island in the Canaries said on Tuesday that they are evacuating some 600 residents from a small coastal town due to volcanic activity in the...

AFP – 2 hrs 0 mins ago A court in Western Sahara on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to jail terms over their involvement in clashes after a football game last month that left seven dead. The convicts were given sentences...

By Associated Press, RABAT, Morocco — Dozens of preachers from mosques across Morocco protested Monday in the capital over tight controls on their preaching, the first time such a demonstration has been allowed to go forward....