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Morocco SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Morocco when you search their database on the word "Morocco": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Morocco. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Morocco. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Morocco, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Morocco in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Morocco. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Morocco and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Morocco. Write "Morocco" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Morocco, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Moroccan and non-Moroccan newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Morocco, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Morocco.
The Press in MoroccoLa Nouvelle Tribune is a weekly journal with a good coverage on economy and business. Ample articles. French. La Vie Économique is a weekly, successful, Moroccan journal. It focuses on economy, but also it offers society and political news, etc. French. L'Économiste is the most important economy news media in Morocco. Daily updated economic features. French. Le Temps du Maroc offers professional and profound reports on international and national politics, economy, society and culture. Weekly journal. French. Morocco Press offers news in English about national and international politics and economy, but is not very updated. The Morocco Daily is a professional newspaper with good coverage on all Africa and international news, though mainly focusing on Morocco. It offers a daily service. Recommended. Maroco Femenin is a magazine with news, features, etc. in French, but is not frequently updated. It offers information about the Moroccan integration plan for women. Weekly News Magazine offers short articles about the most important events of the passed week: politics, economy, sports and royal news. English.
Press reporting about MoroccoAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Morocco of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Morocco. AllAfrica is a commerisl network reporting from more than 40 African news organizations from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Morocco page, listing the latest news stories. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Morocco archive, where articles from the last months about Morocco figure. Morocco Daily is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Morocco, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English. NewAfrica, Morocco offers interesting information about Moroccan infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Morocco. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Morocco.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Morocco page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Morocco offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions:
About Moroccan government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Morocco, with special information about some cities, like Casablanca and Rabat.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Moroccan music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Moroccan musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.
EconomyMbendi Consultants' country profile on Morocco concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. The Ministry of Economy and Finance
is regularly updated with information on its publications, programs,
international cooperation, some news, etc. French: The Ministry of Economic Provision and Planning Morocco Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Planet Business-Morocco offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Morocco.
Education
Environment/NatureThe Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries:
The Ministry of Ocean Fisheries NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Morocco. The Ministry of Regional Planning, Environment, Urban Development and Housing:
State Secretariat for Environment
General Information/Read about MoroccoThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Morocco, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Morocco with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Morocco offers interesting information about Moroccan infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Morocco on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Morocco in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Morocco is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Morocco.
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