Algeria’s trade balance recorded a surplus of US$ 15.78 billion in the first half of 2012, against US$ 12.45 billion during the same period in 2011, Algerian Customs’ National Centre of Data...

The International Crisis Group recently presented an action plan for all the parties concerned with the conflict in Mali. It remarks that a...

Restaurants and cafes in Tunis normally have they the right to open and serve during the day. The Interior Ministry say they are applying the usual rules but some establishments which are usually...

Coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan, this year's Tunis festival will celebrate a whole range of Maghreb rhythms. From Sufi songs to hip...

Jouissant d’une situation géographique stratégique, le royaume chérifien n’a eu de cesse de mettre en avant ses atouts en vue de l’édification d’un Maroc plus fort, occupant toute la place lui...

The rising Islamist tide may recede sooner than expected in the Arab world — if recent events in Morocco are any guide writes Richard Miniter author and investigative journalist in Forbes magazine...

Most Muslim countries have announced that Friday, July 20, 2012 will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. The religious authorities...

Pour bien accompagner l’évolution de la société, le Maroc a entrepris depuis quelques années d’importantes réformes institutionnelles dans différents secteurs. Parmi ceux-ci, la réforme de la gestion...

Dr Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia, and Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda movement in Tunisia, have been voted the joint winners of the Chatham House Prize 2012....

Syria became the first country in the history of the United Nations to be “protected” for an unprecedented third time by double vetoes cast by Russia and China in the Security Council....

A prisoner exchange enabled three European aid workers held hostage to be released on Wednesday in Mali, negotiators have revealed. "It was a...

The first new all-time national temperature record of 2012 belongs to Morocco, thanks to the 121.3°F (49.6°C) temperature measured at Marrakech on July 17, 2012....

China today announced a doubling, to $ 20 billion, of its loans to Africa. This gesture, which reflects the growing commitment of the second world economy towards the continent, aimed at supporting...

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda received a delegation led by Minister of Justice, H.E. Malick Coulibaly. The delegation presented a letter by which the Government of Mali, as a State Party to the...

Algerian investment projects reported in the first half of 2012 rose by 9%, totaling 4,275 projects worth 410 billion dinars against 3,922 projects in the same period in 2011, described as "the...

Syria’s defence minister and interior minister are among those who were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of cabinet ministers and...

A joint statement by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), released on Monday in Tunis, notes that the unemployment rate for...

Morocco's trade with foreign countries amounted to more than 280.25 billion dirhams in late June against 265.45 billion dirhams, year on year, an increase of 5.6% (14, 80 billion dirhams),...

President Moncef Marzouki met with President Francois Hollande yesterday on a three day trip to boost relations which had suffered because of the perceived closeness of the Chirac and Sarkozy...