Morocco, Key Player In Euro-Mediterranean Process- Vice President Of European Parliament
MAP Fez, January 7 - Morocco has played a key role in the Euro-Mediterranean process, underscored the Vice President of the European Parlimanet Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou on Friday in Fez. Morocco is a privileged interlocutor for the EU, said Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou who...
First UNHCR-Facilitated Family Visit Exchange In 2012 Benefits 45 People
MAP Laayoune - Seven Sahrawi families on Friday benefited from a new family visit flights facilitated by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), making it the first such trips in 2012. Under this programme, members of Sahrawi families living in the Moroccan southern provinces...
Vice President Of European Parliament Receives Honoris Causa Degree From University Of Fez
MAP Fez - Vice President of the European Parliament, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulo was awarded, on Friday, a Honoris Causa degree by the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez, in recognition of her efforts to bring the two shores of the Mediterranean closer and her political...
PJD Will Endeavour To Promote Political Freedoms, Social Justice- El Othmani
MAP Istanbul, January 7 - The Justice and Development Party (PJD) will spare no effort to promote political freedoms and social justice, said Saad Eddine El Othmani, who was appointed Foreign Minister in the new government. "We have presented our project to the...
Morocco Chairs UNSC Working Group On Peace Maintaining Operations
MAP Members of the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) agreed to elect Moroccan Ambassador to the U.N., Mohamed Loulichki, as president of the UNSC working group on peace keeping operations, the U.N. said on Friday. Morocco, which has just started its 2-year...
Libya’s ex-rebels reluctant to down arms
By Mark Lowen BBC News, Libya More than two months after the death of Col Muammar Gaddafi - and nearly five since he was removed from power - Libya's new government faces problems in securing order. Tripoli's international airport is now a bustling little place. It is...
UN warns Yemen amnesty plan ‘breaks human rights law’
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said Yemen must ensure that anyone who committed crimes during recent anti-government protests will face justice. Ms Pillay said a proposed deal granting amnesty to all involved in the unrest would break international law. "It...
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab ‘beaten by police’
A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain has been taken to hospital after being beaten by police, his lawyer and opposition activists say. Nabeel Rajab was "beaten brutally" during a rally in the capital Manama, his lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi said. The government...
Le PE et le Maroc oeuvreront à la conclusion d¹un accord de pêche revitalisé au profit des deux parties (vice-pdte du PE)
MAP Rabat - Le Parlement européen (PE) et le Maroc oeuvreront à la conclusion d'un accord de pêche revitalisé au profit des deux parties en vue de donner une nouvelle dynamique aux relations entre le Royaume et l'Union européenne, a indiqué vendredi à Rabat la...
Dakhla Morocco
« Previous 1 of 10 Next » Dakhla, on a 30-mile-long spit of sand between the ocean and a tranquil lagoon about 600 miles south of Marrakesh, is becoming one of the world’s greatest wind- and kite-board surfing destinations. Credit: Tomas van Houtryve for...