Senegal appoints first female top army general

Senegalese President Macky Sall Tuesday made Fatou Fall, a medical Colonel, the country’s first female army general, announced Defense Minister Sidiki Kaba. Fatou Fall is graduate from Université Cheikh Anta Diop and got enlisted in the army in 1985. She also graduated from Université d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) where she studied hepatology and gastroenterology. She later […]

COVID-19: Morocco receives second batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine

Morocco has received this Tuesday a second batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, bringing Morocco’s total number of received COVID-19 vaccines to seven million. A Royal Air Maroc aircraft brought the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine doses from Beijing.   The shipment brings the total number of Sinopharm vaccines secured by Morocco to one million, following […]

KSA/France: Air France to suspend flights to Riyadh from end January over financial reasons

France’s flagship carrier Air France in a statement has said it will wrap up flights to the Saudi capital Riyadh from next end this month because of “economic performance”. “Air France has decided to suspend its direct flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as of February 1, and continues the cooperation with Saudi Arabian Airlines on […]