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Morocco to reopen airports to international passenger traffic on Feb 7

Morocco will reopen its airports to international passenger flights on February 7, after it has kept borders shut since Nov 29 to ward off a surge in Omicron infections, the government said. The flight resumption comes after a drop in Covid-19 infections which hit a peak last week with daily cases averaging 8500. The decision […]

UK launches ‘Rwanda operation’ to detain migrants earmarked for deportation

British authorities have detained an unspecified number of migrants in preparation to send them to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy, government officials said earlier this week. Days after British Parliament adopted the controversial law providing for deporting asylum seekers to the African country, Sunak’s […]

Morocco plans trains assembly plant- minister

Morocco plans to set up a train assembly plant that will be geared for exports as well as for domestic use as the country expands its rail network, the transport minister Abdessamad Kayouh said. Briefing MPs on the latest developments on the rail sector, the minister said rail operator ONCF will add an additional 1300 […]