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Malnutrition crisis spreading in Niger -Save The Children

Malnutrition crisis spreading in Niger -Save The Children
05/20/2012 | Sahel
Malnutrition is now affecting 6 million children in Niger and 18 million in the Sahel / Sahara region and a Save The Children spokesman has said that the "tipping point " has now been reached and children are now starting to die in significant numbers. Despite months of warnings from Oxfam, Save...

Morocco to auction 4G licences in 2012 - report

Morocco to auction 4G licences in 2012 - report
05/19/2012 | Business
Morocco will launch a tender in the autumn to sell 4G licences in a move that may allow the entry of a fourth operator to the market, a business weekly reported on Friday citing the head of the industry's regulator. Morocco will launch a tender in the autumn to sell 4G licences in a move that may...

Morocco: Exploring alternatives

Morocco: Exploring alternatives
05/18/2012 | Business
Looking for fresh ways to revitalise Morocco’s tourism sector, the minister of tourism has suggested several alternative measures be taken this year to boost revenues and tourist arrivals. Both government officials and external figures have cast doubt on the likelihood of any major growth in the...

Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy

Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy
05/18/2012 | Maghreb
Morocco said on Thursday it had lost confidence in the U.N. envoy to the contested Western Sahara territory, in the latest in a long series of setbacks in efforts to settle a decades-old dispute over the region's status. Rabat accused envoy Christopher Ross of giving "biased and unbalanced...

Phosphates Exports Up 15.7% In April

Phosphates Exports Up 15.7% In April
05/17/2012 | Business
Morocco’s phosphates exports rose 15.7% to reach over 4.26 billion dirhams in April, against 3.68 the same period last year, Morocco’s foreign exchange regulator Office des Change said. Phosphates derivatives exports fell 1.6% to 10.35 billion dirhams, the Office said in its foreign exchange...

Maroc Annonces: Pioneering Online Classified Ads in Morocco

Maroc Annonces: Pioneering Online Classified Ads in Morocco
05/16/2012 | Business
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 and more than 22K page views per month, Maroc Annonces is scoring an average site time of 14 minutes...

Morocco’s judges demand greater independence

Morocco’s judges demand greater independence
05/16/2012 | News
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 more than half of the country’s nearly 3,000 judges, said the protest was in response to the silence...

Morocco/W. Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker

Morocco/W. Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker
05/16/2012 | Human Rights
The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police violence. The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights...

Tunisia expels Moroccan Salafists convicted of indoctrinating suicide bombers

Tunisia expels Moroccan Salafists convicted of indoctrinating suicide bombers
05/16/2012 | Maghreb
About 50 Tunisian Salafist Muslims protested Tuesday at Tunis-Carthage airport against the expulsion of two Moroccan theologians banned from entering the country, an AFP reporter said. According to police, about 300 Salafists, who favor a strict interpretation of Quranic law, arrived at the airport...

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

Economy: Morocco, slowdown in economic growth, 6-year low
05/16/2012 | Business
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 lowest level in six years. GDP growth in the kingdom had stood at 4.9 per cent for the first quarter of...

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