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USAID supports Moroccan associations mitigate Covid-19 impact

Five Moroccan NGOs have benefited from the support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable local communities. The beneficiary civil society organizations are Association Ennakhil, Mouvement Alternatives Citoyenne (ALCI), Association Colombe Blanche pour les Droits des Personnes en Situation de Handicap (White Dove), Association […]

Morocco to boost its aerial firefighting fleet

Morocco plans to add 3 Canadair CL 515 water bombing aircrafts to its firefighting fleet which counts so far five operational planes, Moroccan military news group FAR Maroc said. Morocco is the only country in Africa which operates five Canadair aircrafts which have been currently deployed to extinguish fires in northern Morocco The new Canadair-CL […]

Libya seeks UN approval for weapons purchase

The Tobruk-based government has requested the U.N. Security Council’s authorization to import military equipment from Ukraine, Serbia and the Czech Republic, arguing that the weapons will help control Libya’s borders and fight the Islamic State militants and other extremists in the country. Libya has been under an arms embargo since 2011 and all military shipments […]