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COVID-19: Bayt Mal Al-quds provides medical support to hospitals in Jerusalem

Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al-quds Agency has provided medical assistance to hospitals in the holy city of Al Quds to strengthen the capacity of these hospitals to cope with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance includes prevention kits, masks, disinfectants, protective suits and other medical equipment required in emergency, isolation and quarantine units. Bayt […]

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Despite Algeria-polisario maneuvers, Moroccanness of Sahara remains unequivocal

The Moroccanness of the Sahara remains unequivocal, immutable and irreversible, despite the hostile maneuvers hatched by Algeria and the polisario, said French Lawyer Hubert Seillan. The Sahara is Moroccan and cannot be anything else than that, he said in an interview with a local news outlet. He affirmed that the Moroccanness of the Sahara has […]

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Algeria’s self-defeating commercial strategy in the Sahel

Algeria has been pushing above its weight announcing ambitions to enter the Sahel market without having prepared the necessary infrastructure and competitiveness. Algeria opened a border crossing with Mauritania in 2018 to enable exports of foodstuff through trucks towards Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott. Most Algerian trucks depart from Tindouf, crossing a distance of nearly 3000 km, […]

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Moroccans to spend Eid El Fitr at home because of Covid-19

After an exceptional Ramadan with closed mosques and social distancing measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Moroccans will have to stay in their homes during Eid El Fitr and avoid family visits after the country extended the confinement it has started in March 20 until June 10. This means no collective Eid prayers this year […]

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Covid-19: Royal Gendarmerie participates in Morocco’s masks production success story

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco adopted a set of preventive measures to face the looming health crisis. Part of the measures it adopted, Morocco imposed the compulsory wearing of masks and mobilized several industrial units to produce locally protective facemasks, a move that was described by international media a success story as […]

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COVID-19: State of health emergency extended for three weeks in Morocco to June 10

The Moroccan government has decided to extend the state of health emergency for three more weeks until June 10. The announcement was made by Head of Government Saâd-Eddine El Othmani this Monday before the Parliament’s two chambers. The state of emergency, previously scheduled to end on May 20, was one of Morocco’s boldest measures to […]

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Sahara: Polisario hit by another major setback in New Zealand

After losing all its legal battles launched at EU, UN, US Congress, Africa…against Morocco’s territorial integrity, its agricultural, fisheries and phosphate deals including Moroccan Sahara, the Polisario tried once again its disruptive game in New Zealand but to no success. The representative of the Polisario Front in Australia and New Zealand had lodged a complaint […]

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Morocco best African energy transition performer-World Economic Forum

Morocco topped African and MENA region countries in the 2020 energy transition index published by the World Economic Forum. Morocco was ranked among the countries in the world that made a huge leap forward to promote energy transition thanks to “an increased level of political commitment and better access to capital and investment” in addition […]

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Morocco’s King commends efforts made by Royal Army in fight against COVID-19 spread

King Mohammed VI, Supreme Head and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), commended the efforts made by the various components of the Moroccan Army in the national fight against the spread of the coronavirus in the Kingdom. In an Order of the Day sent Thursday to officers, non-commissioned officers and privates […]

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Polisario extremely distraught by dissidents’ challenging moves

The Polisario leaders are extremely irked by the rising and challenging actions made by “the Movement of Sahrawis for Peace” (MSP), set up lately in Madrid by a group of opponents who have just sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. The move deals a hard blow to the polisario Front, confirming that […]