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The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the biggest lender in the country, issued a deadline, asking people who have withdrawn or transferred money from the bank during the technical glitch to return the funds or face prosecution. Up to 40 million dollars have been withdrawn during the technical failure that took several hours to repair […]
The EU plans an aid of up to €164.5 over three years to help Tunisia stop migrants from crossing to Europe, the Financial Times reported. The EU funding will be invested in a training academy for the country’s national maritime guard, implemented with German federal police, it said. The funds will also help equip the […]
The Algerian presidency said presidential elections will be held on September 7, the second vote after the country’s 2019 pro-democracy Hirak that failed to remove the military junta. Abdelmedjid Tebboune is expected to run for a second term. Though his candidacy has not been announced yet. The election will take place at a context of […]
King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and solidarity to Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, following the terrorist attack that targeted a concert hall in Moscow and that left many people killed or injured, describing the assault as “heinous and reprehensible.” In this message, the Sovereign expressed Morocco’s strong condemnation of this cowardly and criminal […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, on Saturday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the third religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan 1445 AH. The lecture was given by Moustapha Al Bahyaoui, Chair Professor of Exegesis (Tafssir), under the theme “The proposition […]
A Royal Navy patrol boat intercepted, on Friday, 260 km southwest off the southern city of Dakhla, a pirogue carrying 165 sub-Sharan would-be migrants, including 4 corpses. The pirogue, which had intended to reach the Canary Islands, set sail on March 6, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said in a press […]
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu banned his ministers from traveling abroad on public money for three months to cut costs and travel expenses. The measure followed scant criticism on social media of his government after sending a delegation of 400 people to COP28 on public money. With 15 trips since he took power, Tinubu’s trips cost […]
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni promoted his 49-year-old son to top commander of the army, in a move that signals he is preparing him to succession. Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been touring the country to “spread patriotism” among Ugandans, in a clear violation of a law that bans serving army officers from partaking in […]
The European Union reaffirmed, in its 2023 report, the positive socio-economic impact of the agricultural agreement with Morocco, and the full benefit of the agreement’s provisions for the population of the kingdom’s southern provinces. The publication of this annual report by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) comes on the heels […]
The United States has commended the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the first UN resolution on artificial intelligence (AI), which was initially sponsored by Morocco and the U.S.A. The resolution, co-sponsored by over 120 countries by the day of its adoption, “is a historic step toward establishing clear international norms for AI […]