Morocco is poised to enter race for hosting the prestigious Formula-One among two other African candidates, South Africa and Rwanda, vying for the event. To enhance its chances, the North African Kingdom has a $1.2 billion project, sited 20 kilometres south of the coastal city of Tangiers, according to online motorsport website “RacingNews365”. The Moroccan […]
A group of archaeologists discovered the Maghreb’s first pre-Phoenician settlement, where they found evidence of a bronze age village that challenges assumptions about the region’s history. The archaeologists, led by Hamza Benattia from the University of Barcelona, made the excavations in Kach Kouch, in the northern Oued Laou valley near the Strait of Gibraltar. The […]
The UN Security Council Monday extended the mandate of the UN support mission in Libya, UNSMIL, for six months, and entrusted it with new prerogatives including assistance in securing uncontrolled arms and related material and countering its proliferation. The UNSMIL is also tasked to provide support to key Libyan institutions and provide support, on request, […]
