FACEBOOK WILL END ON MARCH 15th!

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.” Zuckerberg...

A look at Peta Mathias' new Moroccan cook book

Adventures in MarrakechIt’s early days yet but I’m starting to dream of the summer holidays. Ever since reading Culinary Adventures by Peta Mathias, Morocco keeps popping into my head as a great place to go. She paints a vivid picture of an exotic location, tantalising food and colourful markets and amazing places to stay. Sounds like a tourist...

INDH gets 5-year Morocco review

On the fifth anniversary of the National Human Development Initiative (INDH), Moroccan officials held a forum November1st-2nd to take a closer look at progress made and address obstacles. "Despite the unquestionable advances which have been made, we are aware that this experience has highlighted certain limitations, which will naturally form...

Chefchaouen the perfect place to relax in hectic Morocco

Chefchaouen, Morocco - Visitors to the dusty streets of Morocco's major cities such as Tangier experience a bustle of heat, noise and frantic trading in crowded alleyways where poultry have their throats slit by butchers before your eyes.The smells from the hundreds of food stalls and spice sellers assault the senses as much as the ubiquitous...

Morocco's press union denounces banning access of Moroccan journalists to occupied Melilia

Rabat - Morocco's press union (SNPM) denounced on Tuesday banning access of a group of Moroccan journalists to the Moroccan Spanish-occupied city of Melillia and the confinement of two cameramen by Spanish civil guard while they were trying to enter the city through its crossing point.In a statement, the SNPM added that the behavior of the...

Morocco delays solar unit tender to Dec: minister

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Tuesday it would take bids for the first unit in a national $9 billion solar power programme in December instead of November but added that it would not delay the construction of the unit. "The outcome of the pre-qualification stage of the tender will be known in mid-November. Those who will be selected in...

Nemotek Technologie Introduces Two-Element, Wafer-Level Camera Lens for Ultra-Slim Mobile Phones and Notebooks

Designed for portable applications, alternative glass lenses offer higher resolution at lower costs. SALA AL JADIDA, Morocco, Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nemotek Technologie, a manufacturer of customized Wafer-Level Cameras for portable applications, today launches its first two-element VGA wafer-level lens. Providing an advanced camera...

Destination romance: Imilchil, Morocco

A mountain village steeped in myth, and its miraculous wedding ceremony, teach Tahir Shah the secret of love. If Morocco is a land of romance, then its heart is surely the remote Berber village of Imilchil – without doubt the most romantic place I have ever been. Nestled in the Atlas, it lies beyond the Gorge of Ziz, in a wild and unforgiving...

African Youth Games 2010 to be held in Morocco

Morocco will in May this year host the inaugural African Youth Games. The games, which will see participation from all the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) members, will be held in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca. The Botswana National Olympic Committee CEO, Tuelo Serufho, told the Sunday Standard that the games...

Moroccan partner says Kuwaiti Zain keeping stake

CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Kuwaiti telecom Zain, which is in exclusive talks with India's Bharti Airtel to sell its African assets, will keep its stake in Morocco's telecoms venture Wana, the head of the Moroccan company said on Thursday. "Zain maintains its telecom asset in Morocco," Wana's Managing Director Frederic Debord told reporters. Zain...

Alcohol Stirs Morocco Law Row

RABAT – Amid an upsurge in alcohol consumption in the conservative Muslim country, calls are growing in Morocco for enforcing laws banning alcoholic beverages in the North African kingdom. "There is a law forbidding the consumption of alcohol by Moroccans and it is clear," Saad Eddine Othmani, leader of the Islamic-leaning opposition Justice...

Alstom to deliver trams to Morocco

Casa Transports, the public company in charge of the construction of the tramway network in Casablanca, Morocco, has chosen Alstom Transport for the delivery and maintenance of 74 Citadis trams. The deal also includes options for the supply of additional trainsets, as well as maintenance of the fleet over a 15-year period. The global value...

New Gary Player Course Opens in Morocco

Gary Player was on Morocco's Atlantic coast over the weekend to unveil his newest golf course design at Golf de Mogador, located in the historic port town of Essaouira. Player inaugurated the course by leading guests in a ceremonial opening round during the first Mogador Classic Tournament. After the round, Player commented, "I am blown...

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development provides Dhs62.44m for agricultural development in Morocco

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has signed an agreement to provide Dhs62.44m ($17m) to build a Dam in Tamkeet in Rashidia, Morocco, that will support the region's agriculture. The loan agreement was signed by His Excellency Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Acting Director General of ADFD and His Excellency Abd Al Qader Alzawi Morocco's Ambassador...

Factbox: Rashid Ramzi

Factbox on Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi who was stripped of his Olympic 1,500 metres gold medal for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games. Born July 17, 1980 in Safi, Morocco. Early career Won the silver medal for Morocco in the 1,500m at the African Junior Championships in 1999. He moved to Bahrain at the end of 2001 where he was offered a job...

Dramatic finale for Africa

If it was drama you wanted, African World Cup qualifying was the place to be this weekend. Nigeria and Cameroon became the latest teams through to the finals - joining Ghana, Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa - but in very different circumstances. The Indomitable Lions booked their place at an African record sixth finals with a straightforward...

Be among the first to visit the new La Mamounia hotel in Marrakech

This legendary hotel in Marrakech, closed for three years for refurbishment, has finally re-opened its doors to the public to reveal the marvels within. After three long years of work and a whopping 120 million euros invested in returning its splendour to the iconic hotel in Marrakech, La Mamounia reopened its doors at the end of September...

Pörner of Vienna signs contract with refining company SAMIR to construct a new Biturox-plant

A contract between the Moroccan refining company SAMIR and Pörner Ingenieurgesellschaft GmbH for the planning and construction of a new Biturox plant for the production of bitumen, including storage tanks and HGV filling station, was finalised and signed. With the conclusion of this deal, SAMIR will become the thirty-eighth worldwide recipient...

More migrants should become homeowners, Dutch government says

Amsterdam - Immigrants in the Netherlands should purchase a home there rather than in their native countries, the Dutch government said in a new integration policy mission statement released on Tuesday. Some 40 per cent of Moroccan and 26 per cent of Turkish immigrants are homeowners, compared with 60 per cent of native Dutch nationals. Immigrants...

BORDEAUX WAIT ON CHAMAKH

Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud admits he remains in the dark about whether Marouane Chamakh will sign a new contract. Chamakh's current deal expires at the end of the season and the Morocco international has been offered terms to stay with the French club. He recently revealed that he would not rush into a decision over his future...