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Egypt: Brotherhood announces presidential candidate - 31/03/2012 NAU - Agencies
Muslim Brotherhood to field Khairat al-Shater as candidate in May's presidential vote, reversing earlier policy.
The Muslim Brotherhood in...
U.N.'s Mega Renovation Project Runs Short of Funds - 31/03/2012 Thalif Deen - IPS
The United Nations, which is in the process of refurbishing its 62-year-old headquarters building at a cost of over 1.8 billion dollars financed by member states, is now seeking additional funds...
Rebels March Into New Libya With a Hangover - 31/03/2012 Rebecca Murray - IPS
A few hundred police cadets in ad hoc camouflage uniforms march up and down the grounds at a training centre in the coastal town Zawiyah. "You are the people protecting the revolution and symbol of...
UNWTO and Tunisia to hold International Conference on Mediterranean Tourism - 31/03/2012 NAU
UNWTO and the Ministry of Tourism of Tunisia are holding an international conference on the future of Mediterranean tourism on the island of Djerba (16-17 April, 2012)....
Rapper held for song against police - 31/03/2012 AFP
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...
Regional Leaders Give Mali Junta Three Days to Step Down - 30/03/2012 Soumaila T. Diarra - IPS
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....
Morocco's Green Plan - Opportunities for Wealth Creation and Jobs. - 30/03/2012 NAU
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...
Renewable Energy: new employment opportunities ? - 29/03/2012 NAU
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...
Mali: Amadou Touamani Toure talks to journalists - 29/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
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...
Uncertain future for Libyan Oil contracts - Reuters. - 28/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
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....
Tunisia celebrates World Theatre day - 28/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
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...
Mali suspended from ECOWAS - 28/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
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....
North-South Prize awarded to Souhayr Belhassen, Tunisia - 28/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
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....
Agreement between Moroccan and Algerian press agencies - 28/03/2012 Nau - Agencies
The Algerian press agencies (APS) and Moroccan (MAP) agreed on Tuesday in Algiers to establish cooperation in multimedia and information exchange, APS reports....
New languages democratising social media in the Middle East - 28/03/2012 Nada Akl - CGNews
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...
Will Libya's state-run financial institutions lead its revival? - 27/03/2012 Melissa Hancock - The Banker
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...
Ten dead in tribal clashes in Libya - 27/03/2012 AFP
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....
Mali coup at the centre of ECOWAS summit in Abidjan - 27/03/2012 NAU - Agencies
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....
Tunisia's Ennhada will not enforce Sharia. - 27/03/2012 NAU - Agencies
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...
'Alarming' surge in executions, says Amnesty - 27/03/2012 NAU
Amnesty International says there was a surge in the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2011, mainly centred in the Middle East.
An...