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COVID-19: Morocco bans New Year’s Eve celebrations, adopts other precautionary measures

The Moroccan government announced, on Monday, a ban on New Year’s Eve celebrations, as part of a set of measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Besides banning all New Year’s Eve celebrations, the measures also include banning the organization of parties and special events in hotels, restaurants, and tourist establishments. Restaurants and cafes […]

Africa unhappy with Western-led order, but rejects system led by Chinese, Russian autocrats — report

Global attitudes toward China and Russia have shifted since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, but African countries’ discontent with the West has not translated into a desire for Beijing or Moscow to wield greater influence over the international order, the annual report of the Munich Security Conference has found. Critics have accused African governments of […]

Moroccan University unveils Africa’s most powerful Supercomputing Center (ASCC)

The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) has inaugurated African SuperComputing Center (ASCC), a cutting-edge platform to accelerate and improve research in the kingdom and on the continent. ASCC, the largest Supercomputing Infrastructure in Africa, will provide High-performance Computing (HPC) services. Based on the latest technologies in the HPC world, ASCC can deliver a performance of […]