AU summit feb 2020

Morocco takes part in COVID-19 vaccine trials of Chinese Sinopharm group

Morocco will take part in phase 3 clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant, China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm). Two agreements were signed on Thursday in this regard via videoconference by Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb and top executives of the Chinese biotech group in presence of Foreign Minister Nasser […]

HRW Urges Algeria to Stop Persecuting Religious Minorities

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Algerian government to halt its persecution and hate speech against religious minorities in the country after authorities proceeded to a crackdown on the followers of the Ahmadi sect. HRW raised the alarm concerning the discrimination endured by religious minorities in Algeria following the arrest of the President of […]

Mediterranean Countries Make 10-Year Pledge to Save Fish Stocks in their Sea

Fifteen Ministerial delegates representing both northern and southern Mediterranean countries have signed on Thursday a flagship Declaration whereby they make a 10-year pledge to save the Mediterranean fish stocks and protect the region’s ecological and economic wealth. The text, dubbed Malta MedFish4Ever Declaration, crowns months of negotiations that started in Catania, Sicily in February 2016, […]