A young Moroccan rapper who has emerged as one of the monarchy’s most outspoken critics was arrested in Casablanca on Friday for a song denouncing police, a judicial official said. “Mouad Belghouat...

West African heads of state meeting in Côte d'Ivoire have given Mali's military junta three days to restore constitutional order and step down – or face a range of diplomatic and economic sanctions....

The Green Plan seeks to develop Morocco's Agricultural production through a strategic land reform process tackling the difficult question of small farms which have traditionally been divided amongst...

The need to change sources from fossil fuels and hydrocarbons to renwable energy sources is generally accepted as an environmental issue but will it be successful and will it supply the jobs in the...

In a telephone conversation with journalists Amadou Touamani Toure told journalists " I am free and in my country" and that "what is important is democracy,institutions and Mali". He refused to...

In an analysis Reuters highlights the uncertainty for some international oil and gas exploration companies (IOCs) over their pre revolution NOC contracts with the NTC goverment....

The fourth art was honoured,on March 27, 2012, in Tunisia, on the occasion of the celebration of World Theatre Day.Several events are being organized from 27 - 30 March in addition to the...

In an extraordinary summit in Abidjan on Tuesday ECOWAs joined other international bodies in suspending Mali from membership of the decision making bodies of the block....

The North-South Prize has been awarded every year since 1995 to two candidates who have stood out for their exceptional commitment to promoting North-South solidarity....

The Algerian press agencies (APS) and Moroccan (MAP) agreed on Tuesday in Algiers to establish cooperation in multimedia and information exchange, APS reports....

On 6 March micro-blogging service Twitter announced the launch of its Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu versions. It all started with the grassroots #LetsTweetInArabic campaign by a handful of users...

Those who thought Libya’s new era began with the death of the deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011, will have to wait a little longer. As the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon so aptly put...

More than 10 people were killed in clashes on Monday in Libya between Toubou tribesmen and residents of the southern city of Sabha, local officials said to AFP....

The work of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali, where the military seized power by force, began on Tuesday in Abidjan....

The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic law, or sharia, the main source of legislation in a new constitution, a...

Amnesty International says there was a surge in the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2011, mainly centred in the Middle East. An...

Oxford University Press in New York has released a reference book the "Dictionary of African Biography" which contains an article on Chaibia Tallal (1929-2004), by Osire Glasier, History Department....

The second global summit on nuclear security ended to day in Seoul, attended by almost 60 world leaders including President Obama and UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and the Director General of...

With a view to promoting artistic creativity and cultural exchange, the British Council invites Arun Ghosh (British clarinet player, composer and pedagogue, of Asian origin) and two British musicians...