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BCT, AMF sign $180 million loan agreements - 27/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), Tuesday, signed three loan agreements under which the Arab financial institution grants Tunisia three loans with a total value of...
Morocco among the top 30 global destinations for offshoring - 27/09/2012 NAU
Morocco is among the top 30 destinations for offshoring in the world and for offshoring in Francophone Africa, it has taken first place ahead of Tunisia, Senegal and Mauritius....
US and Arab World: Not allies but "real" friends - 27/09/2012 NAU
President Obama's speech on4 June 2009 in Cairo talked of " great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world" and called for an end to a relationship dominated by differences and...
Egypt paper launches campaign against Prophet Muhammad cartoons - 26/09/2012 By Naglaa El-Emary - BBC Arabic
An Egyptian newspaper has launched a campaign against the obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo....
Libya: Thousands mourn Omran Shaaban who was one of Gaddafi’s captors - 26/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
A tragic reminder of continued revenge killings and a national failure to achieve reconciliation revealled itself with the death from injuries inflicted by his captors at Bani Walid of Omran Shaaban...
Egypt: Islamist led Assembly dissolution confirmed. - 26/09/2012
The dissolution of the The Peoples Assemby, the lower house of the Egyptian Assembly was confirmed on Saturday by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) confirming the earlier decision of the High...
Sellal promises new measures for SMEs - 26/09/2012 Mina Adel – El Watan
Revitalisation of the industry, encouraging investment, job creation, political reform, are all points in the debate in the Algerian National Parliament....
Ramid: "There have been several cases of police abuse against citizens' - 26/09/2012 NAU
In an interview with the Arabic daily Akhbar Al Youm, the Moroccan Minister of Justice and Liberties acknowledged the existence of several cases of "abuse" by the police against citizens .
Libya: National Army infighting leads to casualties in Marj - 25/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
Clashes broke out between members of the National Army in the eastern town of Marj yesterday, leading to several casualties, according to witnesses.A number of soldiers sustained injuries...
U.N. Chief Jabs Media for Overblown Coverage of Hate Crimes - 24/09/2012 Thalif Deen - IPSNews
When the United Nations commemorated International Day of Peace last week, the celebrations were marred by news of widespread rage in the Islamic world, a continued bloody civil war in Syria, suicide...
Morocco: Half of attacks on women by their husband - 24/09/2012 Azziz El Yaakoubi - AP
Half of the violence against women in Morocco comes from their own husbands, a situation that needs to change, a minister from the North African nation said Monday....
SILA: British author John Row introduces children to English - 24/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
The author, storyteller and poet John Row British hosted a training workshop and introduction to the English language for children, using storytelling in Algiers on Saturday....
Mali and ECOWAS sign an agreement but France is impatient - 24/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
Mali and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) have signed an "agreement" on the conditions for the deployment of an African force in Mali, with headquarters in Bamako yesterday Mali AFP and...
Morocco's Istiqlal party elects new leader - 24/09/2012 AFP
The Moroccan Istiqlal (Independence) party, part of the current ruling coalition, elected deputy mayor of Fez Hamid Chabat as its leader on Sunday, according to AFP....
Muslim rage: Morsi’s moment – The Economist - 24/09/2012 NAU
Egypt’s leader should define the Muslim mainstream and speak out against the extremists, The Economist says.
The violence directed at American...
Libya :President Mohammed Magarief orders illegal militias to disband - 24/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
Mohammed Magarief has called on all militias not affiliated to Libya's armed forces to disband or submit to military authority and the control of the central government....
Tunisia : Move to speed up drafting of the Constitution - 24/09/2012 NAU
The Higher Committee of Co-ordination between the parties of the governmental coalition called for speeding up the pace of drafting the constitution and broadening consultation on "contentious...
Sahel Security threat mobilises the international community - 23/09/2012 NAU - Agencies
The UN is holding a summit this week on the Sahel convened by the Secretary General Ban –Ki Moon. The destabilizing effects of the terrorist threat are being felt not just in northern Mali but the...
Water for Phosphate, Not People - 22/09/2012 Ihsan Bouabid - IPSNews
Gafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis.“This summer for the first time we had water cuts on a daily basis,” says...
Torture of Morocco detainees common: UN envoy - 22/09/2012 AFP
The UN special rapporteur on torture said on Saturday that the inhumane treatment of Moroccan detainees appeared to be "very frequent," and deplored the rise in the use of excessive force to quell...
