San Leon Energy receives license for Timahdit oil shale block, offshore Morocco
UK-based oil and gas explorer San Leon Energy has been awarded a two-year license by the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) in Morocco for a 36km2 block in the Timahdit oil shale deposit. The company will evaluate the commercial viability of a...
Maghreb News 2013-08-18
Magharebia Politics | 2013-08-18 Libyan Amazighs push for recognition Libya's Amazighs fought against Kadhafi with the rest of the country during the revolution, but now they say they are being left out of the new constitution. Culture | 2013-08-18 Tetouan to host...
Morocco’s need to balance populism and inflation
The political agenda in Morocco has been pretty hectic in the past months. The question of Western Sahara, an historical hot issue for Moroccan foreign affairs is just as topical as ever. The US recently attempted to expand the UN mandate in the disputed...
Show a lil’ respect! Sherine gets blasted for not canceling Morocco show
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: That’s what fans want fromEgyptian superstar, Sherine Abdel Wahab. The songstress made an announcement that she will be busting out the high notes in the closing ceremony of the Women Voices Festival in Morocco later this week, the 24th of August. It...
Why Morocco Is Unique – OpEd
Since 2011, the winds of social and political rumbles breath again. The Arab Spring has changed the face of several regions of the world. A little spark in Tunisia turn into an outbreak worn by millions of people in various countries. Revolutions took place, dictators...
Arab leaders tacitly back crackdown on Brotherhood: analysts
Most Arab leaders tacitly support Egypt's deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, fearing the group's growing regional influence since the Arab Spring threatens their own power, analysts say. Egypt's army, directly or indirectly in power since 1952, ousted...
Algeria: Former Minister Charged In Sonatrach Corruption Case
Former Algerian Energy Minister Chekib Khelil, his wife and his two sons were charged in the “Sonatrach 2″ corruption case and international warrants were issued for their arrest two weeks ago. Court of Algiers Prosecutor-General Belkacem Zoghmati unveiled the...
Thrust Into Nonstop Turmoil, an Obama Adviser Counsels Pragmatism
CHILMARK, Mass. — Each morning this week, Susan E. Rice has called or come to a secluded contemporary house here, intelligence reports at hand, to brief President Obama about the chaotic world that has followed him on vacation. On Wednesday, Ms. Rice, the national...
Is there still hope for the Arab Spring?
In 2011, inspired by an uprising in Tunisia, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets for 18 days to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down. To the surprise of many, he did. "We can breathe fresh air, we can feel our freedom," Gamal Heshamt, a former member...
Morocco says terror cell with al-Qaida links dismantled; 4 arrested
RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s government says a terror cell with links to al-Qaida affiliates in North Africa and Syria has been dismantled. In a statement Friday, the country’s Interior Ministry said the cell’s four members were led by one of the most visible militants...