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The G8 Conference :"Jobs and Growth."

David President Obama spoke of an emerging consensus that European countries must focus on jobs and growth.The leaders of France, Germany, the US, the UK, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia met at Camp...

EBRD: Call to aid Arab Spring economies

The international community must invest in the economies of the Arab Spring, to foster their transition into prosperous democracies and bolster them against the threats of instability and extremism,...

G8 Turns to Private Sector for Food Crisis Solutions

On the eve of the Group of Eight (G8) summit near Washington, President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled a major new initiative aimed at shoring up food security and combating global hunger. Speaking...

Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions

Hundreds of nurses and protestors from other professions gathered on Friday in Chicago to call on world leaders to adopt a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street transactions as a way to raise hundreds of...

The Bocuse d'Or and the African Cup of Pastry Chefs Official Tournament 2012

The Mazagan Beach & Golf Resor is partner of this event, which will take place on 26 and 27 May during the next leading official tournaments. For two days, each dedicated to one specialty,...

U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal...

Is there a future for NATO?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should build durable ties with other key regional partners in the Middle East and North Africa such as Morocco, a report by US think tank Atlantic...

Hollande taps old hands, new faces for French government

French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no...

Maroc Annonces: Pioneering Online Classified Ads in Morocco

Created 12 years ago, by founder Tadjne Filali,Maroc Annonces was the first online classified ads company in Morocco. Once a pioneer and today still a leader in the market, with 60K visitors per day...

Africa Must Diversify to Create More Jobs, Says Okonjo-Iweala

African countries should rebuild their fiscal buffers and diversify their economies away from commodities in order to protect themselves from another possible global downturn, says Nigerian Finance...

Morocco’s judges demand greater independence

Morocco’s judges donned red armbands on Tuesday in a symbolic week-long protest calling for greater independence for the judiciary. The Judges’ Club, a banned but tolerated association that includes...

Economy: Morocco, slowdown in economic growth, 6-year low

During the first quarter of 2012, economic growth in Morocco saw a net slowdown, sinking, according to the latest figures issued by the High Planning Commission (HCP), to just 2.2 per cent, the...

Spin Cycle: Morocco’s Forgotten Reform Movement

Commentators are quick to cite a “Moroccan exception” to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, noting the absence of upheaval. But Morocco is certainly not an exception when it comes to...

Jailed Morocco Islamists on hunger strike: campaigners

Islamists who say they are being unfairly held in Moroccan prisons are staging hunger strikes to put more pressure on the new government to release them, according to campaigners who are in contact...