Benchaaboun- presenting 2019 draft financial bill

Algeria: African Nationals Handed Heavy Sentences for Spying for Israel

An Algerian court Tuesday sentenced several nationals from Liberia, Mali and Guinea for their involvement in espionage operations for Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. A Liberian national of Lebanese origin was handed death sentence. Seven other defendants from Mali and Guinea were given 10 years in jail each for espionage for Israel, the Turkish news agency […]

OPEC Fund Lends Morocco $100 Mln for Climate Resilience Efforts

The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) approved on Wednesday a $ 100 million loan to Morocco to enable the country to co-finance the first phase of the “Economic Governance & Climate Change Resilience Support Program”. To counter global economic and climate change challenges, the Moroccan government has set an ambitious program destined […]

Defense: Morocco acquires Israeli “Skylock Dome System”

Morocco has purchased the Israeli “Skylock Dome system”, an anti-drone technology which allows the Royal Armed forces to detect an enemy drone, neutralize it by jamming its signal and destroy it with a laser gun. The announcement was made lately by Israeli newspaper Globes in a story highlighting the huge interest for Israeli defense solutions […]