UNSG personal envoy Kohler Laayoune

Morocco moves to institute unemployment benefits

Moroccan authorities, the employers’ association, CGEM, trade unions and the social security fund, CNSS, have finally agreed to institute unemployment benefits to ease the strain of the global financial crisis that is sparing no country. The project to set up such an allowance was first tabled some 12 years ago but several obstacles have so […]

Landmine kills Tunisian man in restive Kasserine province

A Tunisian man died Thursday in a landmine blast southwest of Mghila mountain in the restive province of Kasserine, two months after a similar tragedy in the same region. The man, reportedly a shepherd, succumbed to wounds sustained during the mine blast, outside the military zone. The corpse has been sent to the region hospital […]

Morocco strengthens air defense with Thales Ground Master 400 Radar

Morocco has reinforced further its airspace defense with the acquisition of Thales Ground Master 400 radar, offering the Royal Armed forces tactical advantage as the mobile radar system can easily deploy and detect all types of aerial threats.   The delivery of the long-range radar was made end July 2021 under a contract signed in […]