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The UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, spoke on Wednesday about ways to reintegrate people affiliated with armed factions into state institutions. She said this during her meeting with the head of the Military Committee “410”, Mahmoud Bin Yaza, at the naval base “Abu Sitta” in Tripoli. “I followed closely the work of the […]
Morocco’s leadership in the fight against climate change and the promotion of renewable energies was hailed on Wednesday by the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Peter Taalas. the Secretary General of the WMO notably highlighted, during a meeting with the Arab Group in Geneva, the launch by the Kingdom of the largest […]
Morocco on Wednesday took over the chairmanship of the Vienna chapter of the G77 for the first time, which reflects the confidence and credibility enjoyed by the Kingdom within international organizations. The handover ceremony of chairmanship of the G-77 took place between Costa Rica’s ambassador in Vienna, Alejandro Solano Ortiz, and Morocco’s Permanent Representative Azzeddine […]
Libya’s Health Minister and his deputy have been imprisoned for their involvement in supplying oxygen factories at a price 1000% higher than the market price, Update Libya reports citing the country’s top prosecutor. Siddiq al-Soor indicates that health minister Ali al-Zanati, and his deputy, Samir Koko, contracted by way of direct assignment to carry out […]
Morocco has cruised to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, after it won this Tuesday, January 25, its match against Malawi (2-1). The goals for the lions were scored by Youssef En-Nesyri (45+2′), and Achraf Hakimi (70′), while Gabadinho Mahango scored for Malawi in the 7′. The ever-Brilliant Achraf Hakimi was voted by […]
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of Guinea’s ruling junta, has named the 81 members of the National Transitional Council (CNT), the transitional legislative body that will decide when civilians return to power. Doctor Danso Kourouma, a civil society activist, was named president of the CNT, according to a decree read out Saturday night on state television. […]
Uniformed soldiers under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba announced Monday on Burkinabe television that they had overthrown President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who took office in 2015 and was sucked into the Sahel turmoil. They announced the end of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’s powers, the suspension of the National Assembly and the […]
Morocco deplored the bias shown by Human Rights Watch in its annual report in which it sidelined with separatists and ignored facts on the ground. The International rights watchdog has derailed from the principles of impartiality which were supposed to underpin its work, the interministerial body in charge of human rights said. HRW has also […]
Amid a worsening economic and social crisis coupled with crackdown on dissent, the Algerian military regime has sought to shift focus by using the national football team to deviate attention from the real problems in the country. The puppet President Teboune and Algeria’s King maker and army chief Chengriha have put too much pressure on […]
The newly appointed UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura is off to a bad start after concluding a first regional tour marked by Algeria’s unwillingness to uphold its responsibility as a main party to the conflict. After holding talks with Morocco’s foreign minister in Rabat and a visit to the […]