Mauritanian president rates Sahel security
The security vacuum in northern Mali endangers the entire Sahel region, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz warns.By Raby Ould Idoumou for Magharebia in Nouakchott [AFP/Farouk Batiche] Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz says that no Libya arms have seeped into...
Un groupe de jeunes Sahraouis s’attaquent au siège du “polisario” à Tindouf
Rome - Un groupe de jeunes Sahraouis s'est attaqué au siège du "polisario" à Tindouf appelant à la démission de son secrétaire général Mohamed Abdelaziz, également président de la "rasd"', rapporte l'agence internationale Misna sur son fil italien. Cet assaut est...
Aide humanitaire marocaine au profit des réfugiés maliens en Mauritanie
Rabat - Le gouvernement marocain a décidé d'envoyer en Mauritanie, une aide humanitaire composée de 16 tonnes de produits médicaux et pharmaceutiques et de 200 tentes, conformément à l'accord conclu avec le Haut Commissariat aux réfugiés, annonce vendredi un...
Signature à Rabat d’un protocole d’entente entre le Maroc et l’Algérie pour la mise en place d’un mécanisme de concertation politique
Rabat - Un protocole d'entente entre le Maroc et l'Algérie visant la mise en place d'un mécanisme de concertation politique a été signé, vendredi à Rabat, par le ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la coopération, M. Saad Dine El Otmani, et son homologue algérien,...
Current International Economic Situation Stresses Need For Maghreban Integration
Rabat - The international economic situation marked by the crisis in Europe, the Maghreb's main trading partner, stresses the need for Maghreban countries to achieve integration which will also help address development challenges. By Mohammed Hamiddouche- Amid worries...
Tangier-Med Traffic Reaches 27 Million Tonnes In 2011
Tangier - The Tangier-Med port boosted its container traffic in 2011 by 17% to reach 27 million tonnes compared to 2010, the authority of the northern port said TMPA. The port’s container activity rose 1.7 to stand at 2,093,408 containers, the same source added in a...
Revitalization Of AMU, Pressing Need Imposed By Mutations In The Region, Official
Rabat - The revitalization of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) has become, now more than ever, a pressing need imposed by the deep mutations taking place in the region, Minister delegate to the Foreign Minister Youssef Amrani said on Friday in Rabat. Speaking at the 47th...
Los Angeles Times : Bomb plot suspect said he ‘would be happy killing 30 people’
FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agents conduct a terrorism investigation at a house in Arlington, Va. The search was related to the arrest earlier in the day of a Moroccan man who is accused of planning to carry out a suicide attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Olivier...
Arab spring News : Feb 17, 2012
Arab Spring: the impact on holidaymakers, one year on Telegraph.co.uk What do the upheavals of the Arab Spring mean for the traveller? One year on, David Blair offers an overview. By David Blair If Parisian architecture wears the halo of revolution, then Avenue Habib...
Documentary On Ordeal Of Mustapha Salma Projected In Rabat
Rabat - "My land knows me" by Rabie Jaouhari, a documentary that recounts the tragedy of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud who continues to be prevented from reuniting with his family in Tindouf camps, was projected on Wednesday in Rabat. The documentary relates the...