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The 42nd Summit of the High Council for Gulf Cooperation (GCC) was held this Tuesday, in the city of Al ‘Ula, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of the leaders of its member states, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. The summit has […]
Egypt is planning the production of a new Egyptian jab “EgyVax” in collaboration with private sector player Eva Pharma, the Supreme Council of Universities, and the Agriculture Research Center, the ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said in a statement. The Supreme Council of University Hospitals, the Center for Agricultural Research, and Eva Pharma […]
Armed clashes on Monday night between local police forces and a group affiliated with Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, left one dead and two wounded in southern Libya, according to a hospital source. “Armed with tanks and heavy artillery, a militia under the command of Mabrouk Sahbane of the al-Karama forces (the name […]
As a state entertaining a rentier economy, Algeria has long sought to gain influence in Africa and the Arab region through cash handouts during the era of expensive oil. After years of diplomatic lethargy during the Bouteflika era, the recycled military regime tries the same recipe, yet money has run out. Algeria first donated 100 […]
Morocco’s economic, social and environmental council (CESE) put forward a set of recommendations to cut the share of informal employment in the job market to 20%, a rate close to developed countries. According to national and international institutions, the informal economy accounts at least for 36% of all jobs in Morocco and it has a […]
King Mohammed VI, of Morocco, received on Tuesday at the Rabat Royal Palace, nineteen new ambassadors to be positioned in several capitals in Europe, Africa, Oceania, Asia, and Latin America. The Sovereign handed the new ambassadors, among whom three women, their appointment dahirs, before they were sworn in before him. Former finance and […]
Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed an additional €18 million financing agreement to ensure the sustainability and security of drinking water supply in several regions of the Kingdom. This additional financial assistance will contribute, with the €115 million loan already mobilized in 2018, to finance […]
Former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz is asking his successor, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, to stop “being a passive witness to injustice. In a letter dated December 8, published in the Mauritanian press and authenticated by his lawyers, he denounced the judicial investigation against him. Ould Abdelaziz has been incarcerated since June 22 for failing to comply […]
The new German government has reached out to Morocco this Monday in a bid to turn the page on the diplomatic crisis which has been straining bilateral relations for months. The German Foreign Ministry actually issued a statement hailing the Kingdom as a central partner of Europe and expressing Berlin’s support for Morocco’s efforts to […]
Brazilian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle out 481 kg of cocaine destined to Algeria, Spanish agency EFE reported on Monday, citing security sources. The cocaine was concealed in 22 packages stored in an asphalt plant in the southern city of Paranaguá. An investigation was opened to identify all those responsible for this major […]