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Algeria: First Coronavirus case confirmed

Algeria Wednesday confirmed the first case of coronavirus, becoming the second country in North Africa after Egypt to be affected by the outbreak which has killed over 2,700 people globally. Health minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid told state-run TV that an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on Feb. 17 has tested positive for the disease […]

Morocco & Mauritania step up medical military cooperation

Lt. General Mohamed El Abbar, inspector of the Royal Armed Forces Military Health Service (FAR), paid on Tuesday a working visit to Nouakchott to foster cooperation ties between the two countries’ armies in areas of common interest. The Moroccan delegation was received by Defense minister Hanane Ould Sidi in presence of his close military aides. […]

Sahara: Will MINURSO be axed by Trump Administration?

The Trump administration and the United Nations can save a lot of money by eliminating failed peacekeeping missions such as the MINURSO, said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In an Op-Ed published by the Washington-based think-tank, Mr. Rubin said the U.S. recognizes the Moroccanness of the Sahara and subsidizing that […]