Governance Minister Meets World Bank Vice President For The Middle East And North Africa
Washington - Minister of General Affairs and Governance Najib Boulif held talks on Friday in Washington with the World Bank's Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, Inger Andersen on the economic and social reforms launched in Morocco. Boulif told MAP...
Suicide bomber attacks Algerian security base
(Updates with new figures for wounded) By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS, March 3 (Reuters) - Twenty-three people were wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber drove a four-wheel drive vehicle packed with explosives at a paramilitary police base in a Sahara desert town, local...
Ndungu wins Lake Biwa marathon
SuperSport.com Japanese-based Kenyan runner Samuel Ndungu made a perfect marathon debut on Sunday by winning the Lake Biwa race. Ndungu, 23, broke away from the eight-man front-running group shortly before the 32-kilometre point to take the lead and never faced a...
Securitas heist robber Lee Murray stripped of prison privileges after he fathers a child in jail
Miror.co.uk By mirror THE cage-fighting crime boss behind the £53m Securitas heist has been moved to a high-security unit and stripped of prison luxuries. It comes after the Sunday Mirror revealed that Lee Murray, who is behind bars in Morocco on drugs charges,...
Facebook in row over moderation process
IANS Social networking website Facebook has been criticized for employing content moderators in the developing world and allowing them to access people's personal information, The Telegraph reported Saturday. Facebook responded saying: "No user information beyond the...
Deliver on aspirations of the people
The Star SHARING THE NATION By ZAINAH ANWAR DURING a trip to Iran about 11 years ago, Iranian activists, academics and lawyers I met who had turned against the Islamic revolution said they overthrew the Shah in order to have a modern, prosperous democratic country...
Now It’s Facebook Being Accused of Paying Starvation Wages
Forbes TECH Now that everyone’s had a good moan about Apple paying higher than average Chinese wages to the Chinese workers who assemble its products it seems that it is Facebook’s turn to be attacked for paying what are, in the parts of the world where they’re paid,...
Three Cheers
VIDYA PRABHU Here are three collections from Day 2 at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2012 that stood for good fashionFashion storm Delhi-based designer Pia Pauro’s show was called ‘Shamal’, named after a north-westerly wind blowing over the deserts of the Middle...
LA MARINA PAIR ATTEMPT THE MAROC CHALLENGE
The leader info Gemma Quinn / 2012-03-04 11:43:29 Two local men are taking on the challenge of a lifetime as they prepare to spend a week driving from Spain to Morocco handing out essential supplies, clothing and toys to local needy children along the way. Brain...
Morocco Stock Market Commentary – Week Ending March 2, 2012
AfriBiz Info Written by: Editorial Staff on March 3, 2012.on March 2, 2012. The MORALSI gained a marginal 0.4% over the week to 11,439.2. Top gainers were Taslif (+15.9%), Fertima (+6.0%), SCE (+6.0%), Wafa Assurance (+5.7%) and Balima (+5.5%) whilst the top decliners...