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Algeria builds a highway, forgets fences, services stations, rest areas
Washington- Algerians are scandalized by the shortcomings of a mega highway aimed to connect Algeria's major coastal cities. The project is far cry from meeting international standards, as it does not...
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Cilouette opens its second e-cigarette shop in Casablanca
Fez After inaugurating its first e-cigarette shop in Romandie gallery in the center of Casablanca, Cilouette, the first Moroccan e-cigarettes brand, continues its expansion strategy by opening a new...
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A Young Moroccan Jailed for preaching Christianity
Taounat- A court in the city of Taounat , 284 kilometers away from Rabat, sentenced on Monday a young Moroccan man two and half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of 500o dirhams, about...
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Princess Mary of Denmark on 3 days visit to Morocco
Taroudant- MWN Denmark's Princess Mary is visiting Morocco on a three day trip. Officially Crowned Princess of Denmark, the 42-year-old princess paid a special visit Wednesday to a women's center in...
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UK supports Reforms launched by King Mohamed VI: British Ambassador
Azilal- Morocco The British Ambassador to Morocco Clive Alderton said that his country supports reforms of King Mohamed VI and the Moroccan government, pointing out that the volume of trade between...
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‘Salvation Army’: Moroccan film features gay protagonist
Taroudant- Morocco The Moroccan writer and director Abdellah Taia has turned his originally French novel “L’Armée du Salut” “Salvation Army” into a film that he believes has given Arab cinema its first...
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Man of Steel 2 Set to Film in Morocco
Washington The sequel to the Blockbuster hit, Man of Steel, is set to film in Morocco and Michigan with a release date of 2015. The film depicts the epic tale of the comic book hero Superman and the...
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Morocco and the World Bank Spearhead Youth Unemployment
Washington- Morocco is making moves on its development goals. First up: youth unemployment. With an almost 4 million Euro finance from the World Bank, Morocco is launching an entrepreneurship program...
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World Economic Forum: Morocco ranks 77th in Global Competitiveness Report
Washington- The 2013-2014 report has revealed that Morocco has dropped 7 places, from 70th place to 77th place out of 148 countries. However, Morocco remains ahead of its fellow Maghreb countries with...
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The USFP calls the Opposition to Face the PJD “Failed Agenda”
CASABLANCA - The Social Union of Popular Forces unleashed its first attacks on the PJD led government as the new political season is about to kick off. The USFP political bureau expressed its readiness...
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My Interview with an Amazight Activist
RABAT - I recently interviewed a very active member of the Amazigh movement. For the purposes of this article, I will call him Takfarinas here (that is not his real name). He is a 25-year-old student,...
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Moroccan Penal Code Reform: Getting Rid of Corruption & Bribery in the Judiciary
Washington The penal code in Morocco is under harsh scrutiny by the powers-that-be, and now, after weeks of analysis and reforms, the new penal code is still insufficient. Though the reforms have...
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Morocco’s Phosphates giant to buy its joint venture with Bunge
Washington- OCP, Morocco’s leading phosphate firm, is set to purchase Bunge’s, an agricultural firm, Bunge Maroc Phosphore S.A. (BMP) subdivision, according to Reuters. OCP will be buying Bunge’s stake...
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CorpsAfrica : a great American initiative for reinventing homespun...
By Mohamed Chtatou Rabat- Liz Fanning is a practical dreamer. Her dream is to redefine the notion of development through helping Africans help themselves. She has the expertise, she has the drive, she...
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King Mohammed VI set to pay an official visit to Washington this fall
Washington- King Mohammed VI is set to visit Washington, D.C. this fall as per President Obama’s invitation this past spring. Sources acquainted with preparations of the visit in New York told MWN that...
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Morocco: Sub-Saharan Community Satisfied with King’s Response to Immigration...
Washington- Following King Mohammed VI’s meeting with members of the government during which he called on the “competent authorities to ensure the respect of the rights of migrants, to comply strictly...
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Morocco: Illiteracy Rates in Decline
Sidi Ifni- Morocco- On the occasion of International Literacy Day, UNESCO Director General Irina Bovoka mentioned in her annual letter that Morocco has taken remarkable strides in combatting...
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The 20th February Movement Condemns the Nomination of Mezzouar
CASABLANCA - Not everyone is content with the possible nomination of Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, the Secretary General of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), at the helm of the ministry of finance....
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Morocco’s Stability Consolidates its Economic Development- World Islamic...
CASABLANCA - Tun Musa Hitam, The World Islamic Economic Forum president, stated that the stability that Morocco enjoys in the midst of the insurgency in neighboring countries consolidates its economic...
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Morocco Denies Use of Force against Illegal Immigrants
Casablanca- Moroccan king’s office denied on Tuesday any systematic use of violence by the authorities against illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan African countries, in a statement issued following a...
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