European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Rabat feb-9-2022

Morocco to start vaccination campaign next week

Morocco is ready to roll out AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines next week after it has received a first consignment of doses made in India. The country has also green-lighted China’s Sinopharm. This makes Morocco the first country in Africa to receive a significant vaccine batch amid global outcry for an equal sharing of the vaccines. Moroccan […]

Comoros: curfew imposed after president’s disputed re-election sparks deadly protests

An overnight curfew has been imposed in the Comoros after post-election violence against President Azali Assoumani’s disputed re-election turned deadly on Thursday (18 January), with the first gunshot victims arriving in hospital and security forces battling stone-throwing protesters in the streets of the capital. Reports of the first serious casualties emerged two days after the […]

Who is Gen. El Farouk new Inspector General of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces

General Belkhir El Farouk whom King Mohammed VI recently appointed Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces is a battle-hardened man who has been through the main inflections points in the Moroccan Sahara. After graduating from Morocco’s Royal military academy, Gen. El Farouk built a career of 52 years in the Moroccan army, the bulk […]