Over 37 bln DH Allocated to Morocco’s Human Development Initiative

As it celebrates its 13th anniversary, the Moroccan human development initiative (INDH) has earmarked 37 billion dirhams to projects across the kingdom benefiting 10.4 million people. The initiative, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI, funded projects including 9359 revenue generating activities in an effort to enhance the living conditions of the poor and promote economic and […]

Seychelles lifts state of emergency measure after explosion, rains, flooding in northern region

Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan announced Thursday afternoon that the African country was no longer under state of emergency after the northern region of Mahe was earlier in the day the scene of an explosion in a storage area for explosives and damages caused by heavy rains and flooding. Ramkalawan declared a state of emergency in […]

Polisario patrol hit by landmine after breach of buffer zone

A Polisario militiaman was killed and two others were injured in a landmine explosion as a patrol of the separatist group came near the security wall in the demilitarized area. The incident shows once more Polisairo’s recurring provocations of the Moroccan army and their violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, which bans any military deployment […]