Morocco is positioning its Atlantic coastline as a strategic gateway for trade and regional integration, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdeslam Kayouh told the 34th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly in London. “Maritime transport is a strategic pillar of Morocco’s economy,” Kayouh said, noting that over 96% of the kingdom’s foreign trade moves […]
President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia held a closed door meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El Sisi shortly after he arrived in Cairo Sunday on his maiden official visit to the country. President Essebsi described the meeting as “successful” and said there is a mutual interest to strengthen cooperation and solidarity. In a joint […]
South Africa has just started clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19, the first on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and is already being tested in humans in Great Britain. The vaccine trial started on June 24 in Johannesburg, the commercial capital, and Pretoria, the national […]
