The Monarch Addresses Message To Opening Session Of First Conference Of Ambassadors Of HM The King
Rabat - HM King Mohammed VI addressed, Friday in Rabat, a message to the opening session of the First Conference of the Ambassadors of HM the King. 30 August 2013 Here is the full text of the message, read by Foreign Minister Sâad Dine El Othmani: "Praise be to...
Food Security : The Rising Challenge Of Food Security – Analysis
THE WORLD is being haunted again by the spectre of a global food shortage. Demand for food over the next decade is expected to increase by one per cent annually but global food productivity gains have declined from two per cent between 1970 and 2000 to one percent...
Maghreb news 2013-08-29
Magharebia Economy | 2013-08-29 Morocco attempts to calm consumers Morocco is trying to allay fears about an increase in the cost of staples. Terrorism | 2013-08-29 Algeria launches repentance campaign The Algerian army offers armed fighters the option to abandon...
EIB’s €5 billion budget cut will hit Arab Spring countries hardest
The fund covers against defaults on loans and loan guarantees granted to non-EU member states. While a third of the bank’s external lending goes to pre-EU accession countries, one half of the EIB’s €30 billion of lending funds is spent on countries in the European...
Moroccan sales slide 12.6% in first six months
In the first half of 2013 Moroccan cement sales fell 12.6 per cent YoY to 7.8Mt, although the pace of decline significantly eased in the second quarter, latest statistics from the Directorate of Studies and Planning of the country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance...
Switzerland, UNIDO to help develop agribusiness in Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia
VIENNA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) had signed letters of agreement on the funding of UNIDO programmes and projects to help improve market access for food products produced in Tunisia and Morroco, and...
AfroBasket – Morocco roll into Quarter-Finals, three others follow
AfroBasket - Morocco roll into Quarter-Finals, three others follow ABIDJAN (AfroBasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - The race for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup became closer for four teams on Monday as they qualified for the AfroBasket 2013 Quarter-Finals. On...
Morocco launches new golf tourism push in UK
The Moroccan National Tourist Office in London is to launch the Morocco Golf Championship in the UK. The Tour will host ten golf tournaments in England sponsored by the MNTO, with the winners and runners-up progressing to the grand final at the London Golf Club on...
Moroccan festival to celebrate women in jazz
Women artists will be highlighted at the 18th Jazz au Chellah festival in Rabat, MAP reported on Tuesday (August 27th). The five-day event will open September 11th with a joint performance by Moroccan singer Oum and French group "Papanosh". The annual concert series...
Maghreb news 2013-08-28
Magharebia Security | 2013-08-28 Al-Qaeda exploits Mali youth Young people in the Sahel need to stand up to al-Qaeda and work for their communities, one expert says. Terrorism | 2013-08-28 Tunisia declares Ansar al-Sharia terrorist group "There will be no truce with...