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Boston.com By Tom Bell The Nova Star ferry, which had two unsuccessful seasons carrying passengers between Maine and Nova Scotia, has a new job moving people across the Strait of Gibraltar. Inter Shipping, a company that operates ferries connecting Morocco with Spain,...

Home Natural Gas Daily Africa Exploration & Production Morocco’s open acreages and petroleum agreements. Qatar Petroleum’s decision to invest in three of Chevron’s Moroccan blocks suggests the country’s offshore acreage still holds appeal for cash-rich investors...

The Tampa Tribune Editorials It’s been barely five years since we witnessed what is widely known as the Arab Spring, which began in Tunisia and caused that nation’s embattled president to flee to Saudi Arabia in January 2011. Most Westerners viewed this as a hopeful...

Arutz Sheva Algerian officials have vocally expressed their displeasure at the appointment of France's new Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay. According to reports from both Algerian and Moroccan media outlets, the displeasure comes from two sources of angst, that...

WPR by Ellen Laipson There is a strong consensus among counterterrorism experts in the Maghreb and the Sahel that comprehensive and integrated approaches are needed to confront the threat from al-Qaida, the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) and their regional affiliates...

Tahrir Forum By Francis Ghilès There is mounting speculation that the Western European countries with or without NATO are—yet again—thinking of intervening militarily in Libya. In this case, the purpose of what is claimed would be a “limited” engagement would be to...

Data Center Dynamics By Nick Booth Casablanca-based service provider N+One Datacenters is gearing towards the launch of CASIX, Morocco’s first ever neutral Internet exchange point. The facility will officially open in March, with Paris-based Internet exchange point...