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The Saudi national carrier Saudia launched Thursday its first direct flight to Zurich in collaboration with the Air Connectivity Program, which aims to connect the kingdom to its main target markets, state-run news agency SPA reports. The inauguration took place at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh in the presence of the Ambassador of Switzerland […]
There is “solid evidence“ that Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and providing it with weapons and support, according to a United Nations group of experts. Despite repeated denials by Kigali, there is “solid evidence” that Rwandan troops attacked soldiers inside DR of Congo and […]
Three former ministers in Mali, targeted by an international arrest warrant for “the crime of forgery, use of forgeries and damage to public property,“ say they are ready to appear before the courts. Two former finance ministers, Boubou Cissé and Mamadou Igor Diarra, and their former defense colleague, Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, are targeted by the […]
Youssef Chahed, a former Tunisian Prime Minister denied media reports that he misused in 2018 a British grant for his own benefit, during his term in office, Business News reports. “The government never received any money or British donation of $18 million. This is all a work of pure imagination,” Chahed who led the country […]
Saudi Arabia has posted a SR77.9 billion ($20.8 billion) budget surplus during the second quarter of 2022, representing 16 percent increase over the same period last year. The finance ministry said the state’s total revenues during the same period amounted to over SR370.4 billion, up 49 percent year-on-year, while expenditures stood at SR292.5 billion. Oil […]
Algeria has taken another unilateral move in its relations with Morocco by pushing forward with the exploitation of a huge iron mine in Tindouf region in total disregard for a 1972 border treaty with Morocco which provided for the shared and equal exploitation of the mine. The pact was interpreted as the price that Morocco […]
The mayorship of Casablanca issued directives punishing the acts of wasting water in the city of 5 million inhabitants as the country faces an acute water shortage due to climate change and successive droughts. Casablanca authorities banned the use of drinking water for irrigating green spaces as well as cleaning of vehicles and streets as […]
Morocco’s automotive exports have recorded a 30.1% increase in the first half of 2022, reaching $5.1 Billion, compared to $4.0 billion a year earlier. The Moroccan automobile exports have thus confirmed their upward trend, during the first six months of the year, their highest level compared to the same period of the last five years, […]
Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, held a meeting, Tuesday in Rabat, with the Inspector General of the Israeli police, Yaakov Shabti, that focused on cooperation relations in the security field. The Israeli official is on a working visit to Morocco at the head of a large security delegation. The visit […]
President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, was named Ambassador of World Peace by the Spanish Foundation of the Order of Peace, in recognition of her defense of human rights, both in Morocco and internationally. The Málaga-based Foundation highlights, in a statement, the efforts made by Bouayach in favor of human rights, […]