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Morocco, Spain announce holding of training session on role of women in mediation in Mediterranean - 12/03/2014 MAP
Brdo - Morocco and Spain announced Tuesday in Brdo (30 km north of Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia), the organization soon of a training session on the role of women in mediation in the Mediterranean....
Morocco participates in 58th session of the UN Commission on Women - 12/03/2014 MAP
New York - Morocco participates in the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, held on March 10-21 at the UN headquarters in New York, and which focuses on development, particularly...
Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles flow abroad from Libya: U.N. - 12/03/2014 Reuters - Michelle Nichols
United Nations - Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles have been trafficked out of Libya to Chad, Mali, Tunisia, Lebanon and likely Central African Republic, with attempts made to send them to...
Tunisia prostitutes petition parliament to return to work - 12/03/2014 AFP
Tunis - A group of Tunisian prostitutes demanded Tuesday to be allowed back to work, 18 months after their brothel in the resort town of Sousse was attacked by hardline Salafists and closed down....
Cruise operator suspends Tunisia stops after Israelis barred - 12/03/2014 AFP
The US-based operator of a cruise ship whose Israeli passengers were prevented from entering Tunisia, announced on Tuesday that it would no longer call at Tunisian ports....
US And Morocco Further Strengthen Economic Ties -- But Who Benefits Most? - 12/03/2014 ibtimes.com - Kathleen Caulderwood
Rabat, Morocco -- Morocco and the United States have had economic ties since the 1700s, and the relationship is still going strong.
The U.S....
Two Moroccan women elected 2014 Young Global Leaders of Davos Forum - 12/03/2014 MAP
Geneva - Mayor of Marrakech Fatima Zahra Mansouri and Moroccan-German reporter Souad Mekhennet were elected 2014 Young Global Leaders (YGLs), an initiative by the world economic forum of Davos....
Interior minister meets with Saudi peer in Marrakech - 12/03/2014 MAP
Marrakech - Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad med, Tuesday in Marrakech, with Saudi counterpart and Honorary President of the council of Arab Interior Ministers, HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef Bin...
5th Moroccan-Qatari Joint Committee: several cooperation agreements signed - 12/03/2014 MAP
Rabat - The fifth Moroccan-Qatari Joint Committee was crowned, Tuesday in Rabat, with the signature of several cooperation agreements and Memorandums of understanding on different matters, as well as...
Japan agrees to lend Tunisia $480 million to support transition - 11/03/2014 Reuters
Tunis - Japan has agreed to lend Tunisia 750 million dinars to support the transition to democracy in the North African country where the Arab Spring began, Deputy Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki said...
Gabon sets up committee to follow up agreements with Morocco - 11/03/2014 MAP
Libreville - Gabon decided to set up a committee to follow up implementation of the agreements signed with Morocco during the two countries' economic forum held on the sidelines of the work and...
Moroccan foreign delegate-minister welcomes Slovenia's support to UN efforts to reach mutually acceptable settlement to Sahara issue - 11/03/2014 MAP
Lubiana (Slovenia) - Moroccan delegate-minister for foreign affairs and cooperation M'Barka Bouaida welcomed Slovenia's support to the UN efforts to reach a mutually acceptable settlement to the...
Egypt, Tunisia FMs in first meeting since Morsi ouster - 11/03/2014 turkishpress.com
Cairo – Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi met Monday with his Tunisian counterpart Mongi Hamdi in Cairo for the first time since the July 3 ouster of elected president Mohamed Morsi....
Bahrain's GFH to start $3 bln Tunisia project - 11/03/2014 Reuters - Tarek Amara
TUNIS (Reuters) - Bahrain's Gulf Finance House (GFH) will start building a $3 billion financial park and real estate development north of Tunisia's capital, a project that had been suspended for five...
Morocco's Onicl buys 260,000 T soft wheat in the local market - 11/03/2014 Reuters
Rabat - Moroccan state grains agency ONICL said on Monday it had bought 260,000 tonnes of soft wheat at 2,582 to 2,800 dirhams ($320-$340) per tonne in the local market. It was Morocco's second...
Israeli tourists prevented from entering Tunisia - 11/03/2014 AFP
Tunis - Israeli tourists aboard a cruise ship were prevented from entering Tunisia due to a surprise decision by the Tunisian government, the cruise operator said on Monday....
Cash-strapped Morocco courts US investment - 11/03/2014 AFP
Rabat - Morocco's finance minister on Monday urged US businesses to boost investment in the country and take advantage of "unprecedented" regional growth, as the cash-strapped government battles to...
Gulf investors to pump funds into Morocco's private sector - 11/03/2014 Reuters
Units of the Islamic Development Bank, a multilateral lender, and sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) have signed an agreement to invest jointly in Morocco's private sector....
Mendez thanks Morocco for cooperation, ongoing efforts to fight torture - 11/03/2014 MAP
Geneva - Special UN Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, thanked on Monday Morocco for its "cooperation and its ongoing efforts" to implement the recommendations in connection with the fight against...
Hugh Robertson in Morocco to testify to British strong support for reform process - 11/03/2014 MAP
Rabat - British Minister in charge of Middle East and North Africa Hugh Robertson will pay, on March 10-11, his first official visit to Morocco, said the UK embassy in Rabat. This visit will be an...