COVID-19: UN agency opens food corridor in Africa

The United Nations World Food Program has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa during the Coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. Several Southern African governments have closed borders, canceled flights and imposed strict entry and quarantine requirements to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Up to 45 million people in […]

NGOs call on UN to investigate violations suffered by Moroccan Seasonal workers in Spain

Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women’s Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the Moroccan women seasonal workers and other migrants who work in the strawberry and red fruit harvest in Huelva, Spain. The NGOs warn of the risk that COVID-19 pandemic poses to […]

Moroccan Health Ministry partners with private sector for sector reform

Morocco’s Health Ministry and the federation of specialized doctors signed a deal to elaborate a road-map for the reform of the health sector, in a step that comes amid enormous challenges to public hospitals due to the pandemic. Moroccan population is one of the most under-served among its North African peers with 0.7 doctors per […]