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Covid-19 costs five major Moroccan public enterprises over $600 mln

The restrictive measures to slow the outbreak of the coronavirus ensued revenue losses estimated at $600 million for five Moroccan state-owned enterprises. These include flag carrier RAM, which loses up to $100 million per month, national electricity and water utility with $44 million, airports agency with $30 million, rail operator ONCF with $28 million and […]

Morocco: CNDH Elected to Board of Directors of Global Alliance of Rights Institutions

Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has been elected lately member of the Geneva-based Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), representing the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI). During the latest General Assembly of NANHRI, CNDH was also re-elected member of the Sub-Committee of Accreditation (SCA) of GANHRI and member of […]

Ethiopia launches new satellite as African space race accelerates

Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space on Friday from a space station in China, Reuters reported. Senior officials and citizens of the Horn of Africa nation watched a live broadcast of the satellite’s launch at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre just north of the capital Addis Ababa. The satellite was designed by […]