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The Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency completed, on Friday in Al-Quds, the distribution operation of food baskets to the benefit of nearly 2200 needy families. The operation was conducted part of the humanitarian aid sent to Palestinians in Al-Quds and Gaza during Ramadan, at the instruction of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds […]
Nigeria’s government has announced it will only grant new mining licenses to companies committed to process extracted minerals locally, signaling a major shift from the West African country’s long-standing policy of exporting raw materials. Under new guidelines being developed by Nigeria’s government, the new mining licenses will only be granted to those firms that present […]
The Algerian foreign minister Ahmed Attaf surprisingly said an expropriation case of unused buildings owned by Algeria in Morocco was closed, few days only after vowing to retaliate using harsh words in a foreign ministry statement. Speaking to Algerian reporters, Attaf said Algeria found Morocco’s response “appropriate” and closed the case. Algeria has said it […]
China’s BTR New Material Group, a global EV battery component maker, signed a deal with the Moroccan government to build a 300 million dollar-plant in the country to produce cathode. The plant will produce cathode, a critical material in battery manufacturing, in Mohammed VI Tanger Tech City, the investment ministry said in a statement. Cathode […]
As Tunisia braces for presidential elections in December 2024, a fog of repression looms over the country that was once the Arab Spring’s success story before it backpedaled to autocracy under a president intent on staying in power. President Kais Saied destroyed the democracy ladder that brought him to power starting a gradual power grab […]
Burkina Faso announced an extension of the emergency measures for another year as the war against terrorist groups seems yet to be won. The measures include summoning people aged 18 to fight and entailed curbing freedoms and forming local defense groups. Terrorist activity worsened under-development in the poor country and pushed 2 million people out […]
Morocco’s efforts to combat racial discrimination and strengthen international cooperation in this field were highlighted in Budapest at a ceremony to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In a statement, the High Commission for former members of the Resistance and the Liberation Army (HCARAMAL) said that this celebration, held from March […]
A French criminal court has handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity between 1993 and 1994 during Liberia’s first civil war. The 49-year-old had been sentenced to life in prison during a first trial in Paris in 2022. In the appeals […]
Political unrest is brewing in Togo as opposition leaders and activists have called on citizens to protest against a new constitutional reform that could potentially see the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé’s rule indefinitely. This call to action comes after the country’s lawmakers passed the controversial bill earlier this week, which now awaits Gnassingbé’s signature to […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, on Thursday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the fourth religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan 1445 AH. The lecture was given by El Khammar El Bakkali, member of the Moroccan […]