Year Four: The Arab Spring Proved Everyone Wrong
Shortly after the Arab Spring broke out at the tail end of 2010, two narratives took hold in the West. Optimists hailed a region-wide birth of democracy, as though the Middle East and North Africa were following the path blazed in Eastern Europe during the...
Morocco: African agriculture gets dedicated reinsurer
Morocco: African agriculture gets dedicated reinsurer Source: MEIR eDaily | 22 Jul 2014 Three re/insurance companies from Morocco, France and Bermuda have joined forces to establish a reinsurance company to cover agricultural risks in Morocco and Africa. The...
Sahara / Sahel crisis : Mali, Morocco boost security collaboration
AFP/Habibou Kouyate] Hundreds of Malian imams and soldiers are receiving training in Morocco as part of co-operation efforts between the two countries. Security 2014-07-22 Mali, Morocco boost security collaboration By Jemal Omar in Nouakchott for Magharebia –...
SAUDI KING ABDULLAH, MOROCCAN KING REVIEW PALESTINE SITUATION
King Abdullah holds talks with his Moroccan counterpart King Mohammed in Jeddah. Photo credit: SPA ISRAEL, MOROCCO, PALESTINE, SAUDI ARABIA,WORLD NEWS SAUDI KING ABDULLAH, MOROCCAN KING REVIEW PALESTINE SITUATION JULY 22, 2014 ARAB NEWS LEAVE A COMMENT By Arab News...
Morocco to Raise School Standards
Morocco to Raise School Standards 21 July 2014 , By Siham Ali, Source: Magharebia Rabat Morocco just launched a new body to deal with problems affecting the education sector. The Higher Council for Education, Training and Scientific Research new body aims to address...
Morocco hailed as climate ‘poster child’ after oil subsidy axe
Morocco hailed as climate ‘poster child’ after oil subsidy axe Last updated on 21 July 2014 Government move to stop funding cheap petrol and diesel hailed as major progress by World Bank’s Rachel Kyte By Ed King in Pori Morocco should be held up as a ‘poster child’...
Thousands in Morocco protest Israeli attacks on Gaza
Business Standard IANS | Rabat Jul 21, 2014 Thousands in Morocco protest Israeli attacks on Gaza Thousands of people from all over Morocco hit the streets of capital Rabat over the weekend to stage a mass national march to express...
Artwork of late Moroccan painter the center of lawsuit
New York Post Artwork of late Moroccan painter the center of lawsuit Ahmed Yacoubi - He died in relative obscurity in Manhattan, but the works of a Moroccan painter, who once hobnobbed with the likes of fabled Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and socialite Peggy Guggenheim,...
Decentralizing to municipalities in Arab spring countries by Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir
Mindanao Examiner Decentralizing to municipalities in Arab spring countries by Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir Posted By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir | Sunday, July 20, 2014 DECENTRALIZATION - as a way of structuring public administration, in order to give local people and communities...
US endorses Morocco’s plan on Sahara
Business Standard US endorses Morocco's plan on Sahara US President Barack Obama has extended support to Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara in line with the policy adopted by the last three US administrations. This "explicit support" is a recognition by Washington...