OCP & Fraunhofer IMWS sign agreement

COVID-19: Morocco receives second batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine

Morocco has received this Tuesday a second batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, bringing Morocco’s total number of received COVID-19 vaccines to seven million. A Royal Air Maroc aircraft brought the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine doses from Beijing.   The shipment brings the total number of Sinopharm vaccines secured by Morocco to one million, following […]

UN Human Rights Committee establishes Algeria’s responsibility in violations suffered by Tewfik Djaou

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has once again established Algeria’s responsibility in the violations suffered by one of the victims of the 1990s repression, Tewfik Djaou, who has been missing since his abduction in Constantine by agents of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS). In its decision, the Committee stated that the provisions […]

East Africa: EU Global Gateway struggles to challenge rival China’s BRI

To offer developing countries an “alternative” to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the EU launched, in 2021, its €300 billion Global Gateway scheme but as Kenya’s case shows, the EU’s initiative struggles to challenge its Chinese rival. For the European Union, investing in trade routes is about economic development and a way to push […]