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Morocco’s Meteorological Service Explains Record Rainfall and Snowfall Patterns

Morocco is experiencing a beneficial winter episode marked by generous rainfall, abundant snow on mountain peaks, and cooler temperatures following several seasons of water deficit. The country’s General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) attributes this unusual weather pattern to a major shift in pressure distribution over the North Atlantic. Typically, weather depressions follow northern trajectories across […]

Nigeria’s mass abductions: gunmen kidnap at least 100 more villagers in new attack

Armed gangs in Nigeria’s northwest have reportedly kidnapped at least 100 people in a new attack, which comes only days after gunmen seized nearly 300 students and staff from a school. The gunmen attacked two communities in Kaduna state over the weekend, residents and state officials told the media. They seized at least 100 people […]

COVID-19: Trump officially appoints Moroccan Moncef Slaoui head of Operation Warp Speed

US President Donald Trump officially appointed on Friday Morocco-born immunology expert Moncef Slaoui as head of the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine development team. Trump announced the appointment during a press briefing in the White House’s Rose Garden. The White House initiative aims to quickly develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines. Dr. Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, […]