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The United States has slammed in Geneva the serious human rights violations committed by Algerian authorities against civilians and pro-democracy activists. Addressing the ongoing 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the U.S. Delegate denounced the growing restrictions imposed on freedom of expression, assembly and association. The Algerian regime uses new penal code […]
Dakhla, pearl of the Moroccan Sahara, signed on Tuesday a twinning agreement with Great Neck, located in the State of New York, within the frame of the decentralized cooperation set between Morocco and the United States, two allies & partner countries. The agreement was inked by president of Dakhla municipal Council, Erragheb Hormatallah and mayor […]
Moroccan top general El Farouk Belkhir, Inspector General and Commander of the South Zone, held a meeting this Tuesday in Tel Aviv with Lieutenant General Aviv Cohavi, Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, said a statement from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). The two officials discussed issues of […]
Morocco and the World Bank signed on Monday in Rabat a €236.7 million loan agreement for the funding of the North-East Economic Development Project destined to improve transport connectivity and rev up the private sector growth in the North-Eastern region of the Kingdom. The agreement was inked by Economy & Finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui […]
A large delegation of Spanish business operators on Monday visited several completed and ongoing projects in the Moroccan Southern city of Dakhla to explore the investment opportunities offered by this region. On this occasion, the economic actors and business leaders said they were “impressed” by the investment opportunities and the quality of infrastructure in Dakhla, […]
Canada’s mining company Aya Gold & Silver announced on Monday it reached an agreement with Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) to acquire its 15 pc interest in the Zgounder project and five adjacent permits to the Zgounder Silver Mine for $6.5 million. ONHYM will maintain its 3% royalty on the Zgounder property, […]
Kenya has started exporting its fresh avocados — dubbed as “green gold” — to China, which is seen as a step in Beijing’s elaborate plan to increase imports from Africa to help balance the trade between China and the continent. The first batch of fresh avocados grown in Kenya and destined for the Chinese market […]
The green hydrogen power plant in Namibia — the first in Africa — will start producing clean electricity power, 24 hours a day all-year round, by 2024. French independent power producer HDF Energy expects that, once operational, its Swakopmund green hydrogen power plant, built to the tune of $181mil., will boost electricity supply in the […]
Uganda has paid $65 million in the first installment of a total $325 million to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) it was ordered to pay by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as compensation for losses caused by wars in the 1990s when Ugandan troops occupied Congolese territory. In a case first brought against […]
Tigrayan rebels from Ethiopia’s northern region called for an “immediate” cease-fire Sunday (11 September) and said they would accept a peace process with the federal government led by the African Union (AU) after three weeks of renewed fighting ended a fragile truce. In a statement to mark the beginning of the Ethiopian new year, the […]