Egypt& NGOs

COVID-19: Morocco buys 2 million rapid test kits

Morocco has bought 2 million rapid test kits for 212 million dirhams (21.2 million dollars), the health ministry said. The test meets the technical criteria and matches Moroccan laboratories equipments which will cut additional costs, the ministry said. This comes as Morocco raised significantly its testing capacity to 10,000 daily with over 200,000 tests carried […]

Moroccan Cinema Center bans screening of ‘The Lady of Heaven’ movie in Morocco

The Moroccan Cinema Center (CCM) has decided not to grant permission to ‘The Lady of Heaven’ movie by filmmaker Eli King and Author Yasser Al Habib, and to prohibit its commercial or cultural screening across the national territory. Le Centre Cinématographique Marocain said in a statement that this decision comes after the ruling expressed by […]

Somalia requests end of UN mission as Shabab attacks surge

Somalia has asked the UN to terminate its mission in the war-stricken country as attacks by Al-Qaida-linked Shabab militants. Somalia has sent a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres expressing the government’s wish to end the mission of the UN, which has been operating in the country since 1993. The current mandate of the UN […]