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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday nominated John Nkengasong, one of Africa’s foremost public health experts, to serve as an ambassador-at-large at the State Department, overseeing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was announced by the White House in an official statement. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Nkengasong, a U.S. […]
UN Women, a UN agency dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment, has hailed Morocco’s decisions seeking to close gender gap, saying the North African Kingdom is taking an important step towards achieving gender equality with the adoption of Laws N°19-20 and N°5-96 governing SMEs and Corporations By establishing a 30% progressive quota for women […]
Moroccan authorities have thwarted major smuggling attempts of cannabis, cash, and illegal migrants in separate operations carried out lately in the Northern and Southern regions of the Kingdom. In Agadir, the security services arrested over the weekend seven people, aged between 20 and 57, for their links to an international criminal network of smugglers of […]
The Algerian military regime which has been ruling behind a thin civilian curtain has long used its gas and oil money to buy social peace and quell dissent. But, with the fall in oil prices and the depletion of state coffers, Algerian citizens felt the pain of a dwindling purchasing power which augurs ill for […]
Two months after he sacked the prime minister, suspended the parliament and assumed all executive powers, Tunisia’s President Kais Said faced street anger as a protest hit Tunis on Sunday demanding his step-down. Last week, he published a decree giving him executive powers, in a move his opponent described as a return to authoritarian rule […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are now regional leaders in the fight against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats, said Monday in Kenitra, U.S. diplomats, recognizing the professionalism of the CBRN Intervention Company under the Rescue and Salvage Unit (USS) of FAR as “full mission-capable”. FAR USS CBRN Response Company in Kenitra stood out […]
Egypt will host the 8th edition of the Ministerial Gas Forum co-organized by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and the International Gas Union (IGU) in 2022, it was announced last week. The forum on natural gas, expected to take place during the second half of 2022, will focus on the global economic recovery after the […]
A 10.5 GW solar and wind power plant will be built in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region to supply the UK with clean energy via a 3,800 km long submarine cable, scheduled to be laid in 2025. The project, to be developed by the British company Xlinks, provides for the building of an energy complex with […]
Morocco’s central bank has bought $471 million of excess foreign currency from the local market to absorb excess and ensure the good functioning of the market. The central bank said in a statement that it will maintain hard currency auctions as long as necessary depending on the evolution of the foreign exchange market. In recent […]
Over 1.78 million pupils received their first dose by Sept. 24 and 206,700 have been fully vaccinated with Pfizer and Sinopharm jabs which the government opted for to bolster collective immunity. The start of the school year was delayed until Oct. 1 until children aged 12-17 have been vaccinated as Morocco maintains leadership in Africa […]