Algeria: Changes at DRS not Affecting the Polisario
Mohamed Abdelaziz had hard time after the recent cabinet reshuffle conducted by ailing President Bouteflika who clipped the wings of the Algerian Military Intelligence Services (DRS), one of the main supporters of the Polisario in Algeria. However, even if many DRS...
Maghreb news 2013-09-15
Magharebia Security | 2013-09-15 Algeria president reshuffles cabinet Amid security concerns, Abdelaziz Bouteflika gives broad powers to a top confidante. Politics | 2013-09-15 Moroccan government reveals judicial reforms Morocco unveiled a charter outlining...
Morocco’s food and fuel price hikes cause public consternation
Morocco is home to an increasingly unhappy population feeling the pinch after food and fuel prices have been hiked by 6 and 27 per cent, respectively. Milk prices have been fuelling unhappiness among Morocco’s burgeoning social media community in recent weeks. A hike...
Morocco: Live it up in Marrakech
This is Jamaa El Fnaa square, the 1,000-year-old setting of one of the greatest open-air entertainment shows in the world At dusk, the giant expanse of the city's L-shaped market place is a simmering, overheated cauldron of excitement and anticipation. This is Jamaa...
Morocco to set up military hospital in Mali for humanitarian relief
Morocco will set up a military hospital in Mali’s capital and send humanitarian aid to the Malians who are affected by recent flood which has left 34 dead, the Moroccan news agency MAP reported on Friday. “King Mohammed VI issued instructions for the setting of a...
VM : Moroccan resort to feature Arab pop star
Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort in El Jadida (Morocco) has announced the participation of reknowned pan Arab singer Ragheb Alama in their next edition of ‘Mazagan Nights’ on October 12. Alama's hit songs include 'Ya bint El Sultan', 'Albi Aeshkha' and 'Allamteeni,' that...
Sahel crisis : Morocco to set up military hospital in Mali for humanitarian relief
Morocco will set up a military hospital in Mali's capital and send humanitarian aid to the Malians who are affected by recent flood which has left 34 dead, the Moroccan news agency MAP reported on Friday. "King Mohammed VI issued instructions for the setting of a...
Ban Ki-Moon Hails Moroccan Royal Initiative On Migration Policy – OpEd
Morocco pledged to promote and protect migrants’ rights, focusing more on human rights and combating human trafficking networks. Rules concerning refugees, asylum seekers and, more in general, foreigners living in the Kingdom whose administrative position has not been...
Maghreb news 2013-09-13
Magharebia Security | 2013-09-13 African countries pledge to tackle terrorism An Interpol conference in Oran ends with a promise by hundreds of African security officers to improve co-operation and border controls. Security | 2013-09-13 Niger confronts Sahara...
Poll: Tunisia’s disillusioned with democracy
RABAT, Morocco: Tunisians, who kicked off the pro-democracy uprisings of the Arab Spring in 2011 by overthrowing their authoritarian president, now yearn for stability and have lost faith in democracy and their elected leaders, according to a poll published Thursday....