Algerian troops have surrounded theIn Amenas complex.Mokhtar Belmokhtar,s group 'the Signed in Bood '' battalion say they have 41 hostages including Americans,British,French,Japanese Norwegians and...

Islamist militants attacked a gas field in Algeria on Wednesday, claiming to have kidnapped up to 41 foreigners including seven Americans in a dawn raid in retaliation for France's intervention in...

Casablanca: The New York Times recently elected Casablanca city among 46 cities in the world to visit in 2013. The publication pays tribute to a city marginalised in termsof tourism by cities like...

Growing emphasis in urban and rural infrastructure is driving the African cement industry which has witnessed increasing investments and global investor confidence....

Morocco, which is currently involved in the Automotive News Wold Congress on the sidelines of the Geneva International Motor Show Detroit (USA), aims to promote among OEMs and potential U.S. assets...

Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after...

Dublin : La compagnie Low-Cost irlandaise changerait d’avis sur le Maroc, après la suite de suppressions / réductions qu’elle avait annoncé l’année dernière, au royaume. Le transporteur aérien...

A 48 hour national health sector strike for 48 hours will be launched on 16 and 17 January, according to the National Health Federation affiliated to the Moroccan Labour Union (UMT) ....

Presdent Abdelazz Bouteflika's advisers arereportedto be considering the extension of the presidential term from 5 to 7 years which would extend his term of office until 2016 according to the...

Following Ryanair's dispute with the Moroccan airport authority ONDA over handling charges and its declaration that it was cutting back on routes, it may now be setting up two bases in Morocco in...

President Francois Hollande, on a visit to Abu Dhabi in the UAE said more French troops will be deployed in Mali to support the 750 already in Mali. New air strikes overnight had "achieved their...

Since the beginning of this case in Mali, Algeria's position has been neither clear nor consistent nor the result of a high-level strategic thinking writes the Algerian daily Le Matin. Algiers seems...

Tunisians celebrated the second anniversary of the revolution against the regime of former president Zine Abidine Ben Ali today with a number of separate demonstrations on Habib Bourguiba Avenue by...

Despite the daily toil, they are dozens of women who meet each evening with the fierce desire to learn, read and write: near Marrakech in southern Morocco, a country with a long way to go, the...

A demonstration of 'solidarity' with Moroccan passengers of a small boat, fired on last December by the Spanish Navy, turned into a confrontation between youth and police....

Islamist fighters in Mali have seized Diabaly, an important army base 450 km from Bamako a town in government-controlled territory French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced insisting...

French Rafale jet fighters have bombed the town of Gao in the east of northern Mali, extending their attacks deep into rebel-held territory where major casualties have been reported....

Economic relations between Morocco and the Gulf countries will experience a turning point this year. Early implementation of the plan for strategic cooperation between the two parties has been...

Facing the war that began in Mali, especially after the French military intervention to stop the offensive of terrorist groups to the south of that country; Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...