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International NGO “Doctors without Borders” denounced on Friday Algeria’s continuing expulsion of thousands of migrants who are abandoned in the desert of northern Niger without access to shelter, healthcare, protection, or basic necessities. Between 11 January and 3 March 2023, 4,677 migrants arrived into Assamaka – a town in northern Niger’s Agadez region – on […]
Sahrawi woman Khadijettou Mohamed Mahmoud has described her ordeal after she was raped by a polisario member when she was 18-year old. The young woman, who was participating in a conference under the theme “Sexual violence in politics”, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, Thursday March 16, 2023, described the sufferings she endured after having been raped […]
Morocco plans to introduce subsidies to help small companies leave the informal sector, employment minister Younes Sekkouri said. The aid consists of 10000 dirhams to subsidize rent payments of small companies to help them integrate the formal sector, Sekkouri said. Sekkouri deplored that 70% of Moroccan entrepreneurs are operating in the underground economy. He also […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Bangladesh’s Major General Fakhrul Ahsan as Force Commander for MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara. The UN chief announced the appointment on Thursday, stressing that Ahsan will succeed Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan. The UNSG extended gratitude to the Pakistani commander, who will complete his […]
Morocco announced a road map worth 6.1 billion Dirhams (590 million dollars) to attract 17.5 million tourists and 12 billion dollars in tourism receipts by 2026. The sector has turned the page on the pandemic with arrivals increasing to 11 million in 2022, that is a recovery rate of 84% compared with 2019. The road […]
Hutchinson group has expanded its Casablanca production site specialized in the manufacturing of composite aerospace parts and cabin insulation solutions. The 18,700 sq. m addition was inaugurated Wednesday by Ryad Mezzour, Moroccan minister of industry & Trade, Hélène Moreau-Leroy, Chairman & CEO of Hutchinson, and Philippe Olivier, Senior EVP, Aerospace, Defense & Industry. The expansion […]
Members of a US congress delegation praised, Thursday in Casablanca, the leadership of King Mohammed VI to bring stability to the whole region, and stressing the importance of this leadership to promote peace and stability. “His Majesty’s leadership in bringing stability to the region is extremely important to continue to promote peace and the kind […]
Colonel Assimi Goïta, leader of the transition in Mali, attended Thursday the delivery of three Turkish Bayraktar TB2, four Russian L-39 ALBATROS fighter jets and several other military equipment to beef up the power of Malian armed forces. “These new weapons systems, composed of several Bayraktar TB2 UAVs and L-39 ALBATROS fighters, are the result […]
Brice Paillat, Gabon’s Transportation Minister, tendered on Thursday his resignation to President Ali Bongo Ondimba, few days after the sinking of a ferry off the capital coasts, killing 21 people. “The Deputy Minister of Transport will handle day-to-day business until a new minister is appointed,” state-run news agency AGP announced, adding that the Gabonese leader […]
The Council for Arab Ministers of Health approved Egypt’s proposal to establish the Arab Drug Agency, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said in a statement according to state-run Ahram news outlet. The approval is one of the most fruitful resolutions that resulted from the 58th session of the council, health minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar […]