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EasyJet Starts Operating in Marrakesh Its First-ever Base in Africa

EasyJet has launched lately its new three-aircraft base in Marrakech, connecting the country to more European destinations and offering more flights and holiday options for customers. Under a long-term partnership sealed in 2025 with the Moroccan National Tourist Office, the low-cost airline Company pledged to offer a record 4 million seats in the first year […]

Burkina Faso: search underway for 50 women abducted by jihadists in restive Sahel region

Security forces are searching for at least 50 women that were abducted by suspected Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso’s insurgency-hit northern Sahel region, a regional governor said Monday, January 16. The women were kidnapped on January 12-13 while in the countryside gathering wild fruit near the town of Arbinda in Soum province, Lt. Col. P.F. […]

Toyota Tsusho to Deliver Morocco Marine Research Vessel in 2021

Toyota Tsusho Corporation, supported by CFAO, its subsidiary, has won a $44 million contract to supply Morocco an oceanographic and fishery research vessel. The building of the research boat is expected to be completed in 2020 while delivery is scheduled for 2021. It will be built at the Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard in Japan. […]