Marrakech Forum Highlights Tolerance
Magharebia/Hassan Benmehdi More than 5,000 people attend the three-day World Human Rights Forum in Marrakech from November 27th-November 30th. Lebanese singer artist Marcel Khalifa and other activists gather for the Marrakech World Human Rights Forum. The World Human...
Morocco-Algeria: Risks Of Imminent Regional Conflict Looming
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The pressure currently created by Algerian authorities endangers the entire region as the risk of a new conflict with countless consequences is looming. The Polisario is beating the drums of war, a tactic meant to...
Death Toll In Southern Morocco Floods Rises To 32
World Bulletin/News Desk A number of public buses and private vehicles were swept away by floods in different parts of southwestern Morocco. Floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 32 people, swept away buildings, vehicles and roads and forced the...
Victor Elmaleh, Builder And Entrepreneur, Dies
New York Times One translation of Victor Elmaleh’s Arabic last name is “the master,” and he lived up to it. He imported the first Volkswagens to the United States. He developed $7 billion worth of real estate. He painted more than 4,000 watercolors, most of them...
Hundreds of African immigrants attempt daring daylight EU asylum bid by clambering over a razor wire fence into Spanish territory in northern Morocco
By Darren Boyle for MailOnline - Ten successfully made it into Madrid controlled Melilla in northern Morocco - Officials will now decide whether to transfer these men to mainland Spain An estimated 200 African immigrants tried to climb over a razor wire fence...
Kilic Deniz Still Assessing Morocco Expansion
Undercurrent News Sinan Kiziltan of Kilic Deniz Turkey’s largest seabass and seabream producer Kilic Deniz is still assessing whether to carry out its plans to build a 15,000 metric ton farm in Morocco, Sinan Kiziltan, executive vice president at the company, told...
The Middle East Faces An Existential Challenge
Opinion Many of my friends dislike the term “Arab Spring,” which was created and made famous by the Western media. The oldest “spring” I remember is the “Prague Spring” of 1968, when the then-leader of Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubček—a Slovak—led a reformist wave...
GfK wins electronic TAM deal in Morocco
Germany-based GfK, a leading provider of audience measurement services, has won a tender with Morocco’s joint industry committee ‘Ciaumed,’ to deliver an electronic TV audience meausurement service (TAM) in the country. Morocco is well known for its expertise in TAM...
Thales-led consortium to install Moroccan GSM-R system
Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler/ CC BY-SA 3.0. Morocco’s national rail operator, ONCF, has awarded a €30 million contract for the installation of a 712-kilometre GSM-R network. A Thales/Huawei/Imet consortium will supply and install the radio-based communications...
Maghreb news 2014-07-25
Magharebia Terrorism | 2014-07-25 Moroccan jihadists turn to crime Terrorists in Morocco are finding new ways to fund their activities. Politics | 2014-07-25 Morocco, EU examine civil society role Rights activists and NGOs are vital partners in Morocco's reform...