IS-Somalia doubles in size in one year amid growing terror concerns — UN report

The Islamic State’s Somali branch is still small but steadily growing, due to in part to what United Nations experts describe as an “influx of foreign fighters,” a new report published by the UN Sanctions Monitoring Team for Somalia warns. “Foreign fighters arrive in Puntland [Somalia] using both maritime and overland routes,” says the report, […]

Green Steel: Moroccan-Chinese alliance crowned with new generation plant

Chinese Maolong New Materials company and Moroccan Sinam Group (Global Steel) have joined forces and established a HIsmelt plant in Morocco. HIsmelt is a smelting process for producing iron from iron ore using non-coking coal, which allows for the production of high-quality molten pig iron without the need for traditional agglomeration methods. This technology allows […]

Covid-19: USAID supports WHO-UNICEF-Morocco Partnership

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Friday that it has provided an additional $2.5 million to WHO and UNICEF to partner with Morocco to enhance the country’s capacity of vaccine service delivery points, provide crucial cold chain, and logistics support. The USAID financial contribution will also fund initiatives destined to help local […]