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The Moroccan Government decided this Wednesday at at cabinet’s meeting to extend the state of health emergency until September 30, 2022, to continue to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of measures taken by public authorities to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted a draft decree, presented by the […]
Saudi Arabian retailer BinDawood Holding has acquired 80.5% stake in Paris-based marketing agency Ykone through its wholly owned subsidiary Future Technology Retail (FTR), Zawya reports. BinDawood Holding in a statement said the transaction is part of the company’s strategy to boost its e-commerce presence. “The Middle East’s influencer marketing industry is growing exponentially. This investment […]
Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will chair the Higher Committee for Future Technology and Digital Economy set up to help shape the future of artificial intelligence (AI) by investing in the metaverse and establishing partnerships to boost Dubai’s digital economy. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime […]
An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the defense of the pensioner has said, Arab News reports. Lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP Tuesday the Court of Cassation overturned the conviction of his client James Fitton who is expected to be freed. “We […]
Libya authorities in charge of the country’s oil production indicated Tuesday oil production has increased 1.025 million barrels per day after a three-month decline owing to a wave of closures of oil fields and ports, Libya Observer reports. Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Ben Qadara, and the Minister of Oil and Gas, […]
Morocco is celebrating this week the 23rd anniversary of the enthronement of King Mohammed VI, an occasion to zoom on the achievements made by the country under a forward-looking King whose vision is putting the kingdom on track of modernity. When the current king succeeded to his father in 1999, Morocco had a GDP of […]
UM6P Ventures, the venture-capital arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, has become a shareholder of U.S. Akorn Technology, a Silicon Valley start-up and innovator in edible food coatings. In a press release issued Monday, UM6P Ventures said it invested in Akorn Technology to reduce global food waste and extends shelf life. “UM6P Ventures’ investments are […]
Morocco and Israel agreed Tuesday to step up their legal and judicial cooperation as partnership between the two countries is gaining momentum following the normalization of their relations in 2020 within the frame of the US-brokered Abraham accords. The agreement was signed in Rabat by Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi and his Israeli peer Gideon […]
Israel should be classified as an apartheid state, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Tuesday (26 July), proposing that the UN General Assembly should establish a committee to verify whether it satisfied its requirements. Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa’s history of racial segregation at the Palestinian Heads of Mission […]
Global food crisis is one of Russia’s “weapons of war“, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Cameroon on Tuesday (26 July), dismissing suggestions Western sanctions were to blame. It’s Macron’s first foreign trip since his re-election as he seeks to reset France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. The French leader specifically denounced […]