Algerian Anis Rahmani boss of Ennahar media group

US provides $35 million for Tunisia SMEs

The US embassy launched Tuesday a financial support scheme worth $35 million in a favor of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) that have difficult access to loans to grow their activities, Business News reports. The US aid agency, USAID, is partnering with the Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) and US International Development Finance Corporation on […]

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, […]

Two Moroccan MINUSCA Peacekeepers Killed, One Injured in Second Deadly Attack

Two other Moroccan peacekeepers operating under MINUSCA, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) were killed on Tuesday and another was injured in an ambush by Anti-Balaka rebels in the second deadly attack, just two days after the death of a Moroccan soldier from the same contingent. “The MINUSCA regrets to announce […]