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AFCON-2025: Morocco offers free e-visas to inbound fans & mobilizes 15,000 volunteers

Morocco is now offering free electronic visas (e-Visas) to fans who are planning to attend Africa Cup of Nations (AFCAN-2025) due in the North African Kingdom from Dec. 21, 2025, to Jan.18, 2026. The waiver decision was announced Tuesday by the Local Organizing Committee in coordination with Moroccan authorities and the Confederation of African Football […]

UNESCO provides Morocco with earthquake early warning equipment

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has donated the Moroccan National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) seven high-tech earthquake early warning equipment. The high-tech early warning equipment will allow to detect quakes just before their occurrence and to launch warning messages through loudspeakers. They can also be of great use […]

Africa: Banks, Insurance companies help fight Covid-19

As Coronavirus pandemic is continuing its spread in Africa, banks and insurance companies offer their support to governments in fighting the pandemic. The pan-African banking group UBA, whose head office is in Nigeria, announced in a press release that it makes available to 20 African countries, a donation of 8 billion FCFA to enable these […]