Queen Letizia & Princess lalla Meriem at Shems’Y school

COP21 Summit: More than a dozen African countries pledge to restore forests

African Restoration Initiative, a coalition of African countries and donors unveiled on Sunday, an ambitious initiative on the side-lines of a crunch UN climate conference, to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2030. The ambitious project for which nine financial partners and 10 technical-support partners have already pledged support, aims to […]

Egypt Denies Insulting African Countries, Cairo to Investigate Allegations

Cairo has expressed doubts as to the veracity of allegations that a senior Egyptian official referred to African countries as “dogs and slaves” in Arabic at the UN Environment conference that took place last week in Kenya and stated that it will launch an investigation into the matter. The incident purportedly took place during consultations […]

Morocco: Tangier Police foil international trafficking attempt of Rivotril psychotropic tablets

Police operating at the Tangier-Med port zone have foiled, Tuesday, an international trafficking attempt of 17,970 “Rivotril” psychotropic tablets, said a statement by the national police (DGSN). The operation was conducted on the basis of accurate information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). The psychotropic tablets were seized during a control operation […]