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Washington hails appointment of Staffan de Mistura, UN Sahara Envoy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has welcomed the appointment of Staffan de Mistura as a new UN envoy for the Sahara in replacement of German Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019. In his twitter account, Mr. Blinken welcomed the appointment of the Italian-Swedish diplomat whose candidacy had been proposed by the UN […]

COVID-19: Digital solidarity vouchers to needy Tunisians

Tunisian NGO “Banque alimentaire durable” has launched a new initiative to assist needy families in Tunis as the containment decreed on 22 March to fight the spread of the coronavirus in Tunisia has affected thousands of households, which lost their source of income. The NGO selected 300 families living in the poor neighborhoods of Tunis […]

Morocco needs 95,000 more health workers – Health Minister says

The success of Morocco’s plan to implement universal health coverage hinges on meeting the deficit in health workers estimated at 95,000, health minister said. Speaking to MPs, Minister Khaled Ait Taleb said that Morocco needs 32,522 more doctors and 65,044 nurses, adding that currently Morocco has only 1.7 doctors per 1000 people, which is far […]