Month: November 2011

Morocco wants to normalise Algeria ties News24 Now R395.95 Tangiers – Morocco wants to fully normalise relations with its neighbour Algeria, strained for decades over the disputed Western Sahararegion, the kingdom’s...

(AllAfrica) Three members of the Dutch-Moroccan community have made an official complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee against anti-Islam Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders. They accuse him of inciting hatred...

By Omar Brouksy (AFP) The vast palm groves of Marrakesh in southern Morocco are in danger from urbanisation, massive tourist projects and even golf courses, so a conservation programme is in hand to save them. Ten centuries...

Financial Times By Camilla Hall Supporters of Tunisia’s Nahda party, which has said it will encourage Islamic finance Retail and investment banks that offer sharia-compliant services are savouring the opportunities...

Financial Times By Pilita Clark, Environment Correspondent Morocco’s hopes of turning its deserts into a global renewable energyhub took a big step forward on Thursday when the World Bank gave the green light to help pay for one...