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Impressive management of Covid-19 pandemic enables Morocco to hold polls on scheduled date

The general elections in Morocco, which for the first time bring together legislative, regional and local elections, will be held on the scheduled date, despite the constraints linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.   The Moroccan voters will head to the polling stations this Wednesday Sept. 8 to cast their votes and elect those who will […]

American Airlines chooses Casablanca as first entry point to Africa

US carrier, American Airlines, will launch its first US-Africa route with Casablanca as its first entry point on the African continent. The first flight is scheduled for June 4, 2020. The airline in a statement said it will operate three weekly flights from its Philadelphia hub to Mohammed V Casablanca international airport.   Though operations […]

BRICS foil South Africa’s pro-Polisario maneuvers

BRICS members meeting in Moscow rejected a South African proposal to include the Polisario separatists’ thesis in the agenda of a meeting on the MENA region. South Africa’s representative was isolated as the sole country to seek to impose a proxy conflict imposed by Algeria to unsettle Morocco, at a time the MENA region is […]