The widespread practice of marrying minors continues to be one of the most incendiary legal and political issues in Morocco today, causing open confrontations between hard-line Islamists and...

According to the Moroccan daily Le Soir, Morocco may not be immune from the repercussions of the global financial crisis. The latest CDG capital Research reveals that the national banking sector is...

Eurozone unemployment has risen to 15-year high The European Union published figures on Wednesday showing unemployment in the eurozone rose to 10.9 percent in March. Spain remained the nation with...

Messaging giant's Gmail web has to provide its users the function of automatic translation of emails that previously was only available via Labs....

The United States expressed concern on Thursday at a Tunisian court's ruling against a television station owner in a blasphemy row, saying it raised concerns about free expression after last year's...

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) reversed an earlier decision yesterday to ban against parties organised along religious, regional, tribal or ethnic lines following pressure from a...

Islamic finance in Tunisia is only a recent trend, and one that is still working through the hurdles to meet the competition in the domestic banking sector....

An Al-Qaeda splinter group wants a total of 45 million euros in ransoms for two European women aid workers and seven Algerian diplomats taken hostage, the group’s spokesman said Wednesday....

Morocco is eyeing the cash rich Gulf countries as a destination for exports and investment opportunities. Maroc Export says that there is...

Sonatrach is to resume its upstream operations in neighbouring Libya next week after a year's absence, an official in the Algerian energy sector said to Reuters on Tuesday....

The number killed in the protests near the defence ministry has risen to least 20 people according to the BBC. dozens injured when unidentified attackers stormed a protest by followers of the...

Under its national strategy for information and digital economy, Digital Morocco 2009-13, the country has seen the number of people connected to the internet rise to around 49% of the population....

Nadia Echiguer has launched the Moroccan Fine Art online gallery in London.She spoke about her project to NAU and her thoughts on the art scene in Morocco....

A musical concert was hosted by the famous Serbian pianist Bojan Z and several Algerian artists in the Ibn Zaydoun room in Algierson the occasion of the first "International Day of Jazz"....

The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalists and activists critical of its policies are threatening freedom of expression and journalistic freedoms in the West Bank, according to local human...

Since January, various groups of Tuareg rebels in Mali have come together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad. While...

French workers turned out in droves on May 1, International Workers’ Day, to back their political candidates ahead of the second round of the French presidential elections next Sunday. But France’s...

A visiting Moroccan business delegation, representing 39 industrial and commercial companies, visited the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Arab News reported....

Europe is seeing widespread Labour Day protests against austerity and unemployment .France and Greece are both holding crucial elections on Sunday....