Algeria buys at least 700,000t wheat in tender-traders
By Valerie Parent PARIS Feb 9 (Reuters) - Algeria bought a surprisingly high volume of milling wheat on Thursday, accelerating its purchases at a time international tensions have led to a surge in demand from countries such as Iran, European traders said. Algeria's...
Malian rebels seize key border town, civilians flee
* U.N. orders rebels halt offensive * Key border town in rebel hands as soldiers withdraw to Algeria * Some 60,000 now displaced by fighting (Adds U.N. call, government confirmation, refugees) By Tiemoko Diallo and Adama Diarra BAMAKO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The United...
Renault Tangiers factory ‘gateway to Africa’
Morocco king, Renault CEO inaugurate Tangier factory to build low-cost cars amid political storm in France. Middle East Online Strategic choice for Renault By Laure Fillon – TANGIERS (Morocco) Renault on Thursday inaugurated a giant factory in Morocco to build...
Renault opens low-cost Moroccan plant
InautoNews Renault opens low-cost Moroccan plant French giant automaker Renault on Thursday inaugurated a giant factory in Morocco that will be capable of producing 400,000 cars a year from next year. Most of the production will be destined for export markets....
Casablanca – review
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman still grip 70 years on in Michael Curtiz's nuanced war noir Keep saying it … Casablanca. Photograph: Alamy Peter Bradshaw Seventy years on, this great romantic noir is still grippingly powerful: a movie made at a time when it was far...
Renault opens car factory in Morocco, the largest in North Africa
GlobalPost Renault opened a sprawling factory in Morocco on Thursday, which will employ 2,000 locals. Lillian Rizzo French car maker Renault has opened a factory in Morocco, the largest in North Africa. (ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images) French car maker Renault has...
France’s Renault has opened a giant factory in Morocco to build low-cost vehicles.
Euronews France’s Renault has opened a giant factory in Morocco to build low-cost vehicles. The salaries of workers at the plant near Tangiers amount to less than a quarter of the French minimum wage. Renault boss Carlos Ghosn brushed off political considerations...
Rule of Law : Morocco and the International Criminal Court: balancing national and international law
Middle East Monitor Leila Hanafi The Moroccan criminal justice system must meet new challenges based on a changed international environment. It has been twelve years since Morocco became a signatory to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International...
Morocco aims to revitalise public schools
The new Moroccan government aims to boost students' employment prospects by strengthening state schools and universities. By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat – 09/02/12 [AFP/Abdelhak Senna] Education reforms proposed by Abdelilah Benkirane's government could boost...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Launches New Canaries, North Africa and Cape Verde Fly-Cruise Programme
PR.com Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Launches New Canaries, North Africa and Cape Verde Fly-Cruise Programme Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is introducing a new programme of exotic fly-cruises to the Canary Islands, West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands aboard Braemar, to go on...