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A group of 75 migrants who have been stranded on a boat in the Mediterranean sea for 12 days and who are in critical condition have refused food and medical assistance offered by the Tunisian Red Crescent. The migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, have refused aid from medical doctors and have demanded to be sailed […]
A military court in Blida, 45 km South-west of Algiers, has pressed death sentence against three members of the former powerful Security and Intelligence Directorate (DRS) for providing intelligence to foreign countries. Former President Abdelaziz Bouetflika had dismantled the DRS few years ago and put the institution’s powerful head, Mohamed Mediene, aka Toufik, on retirement. […]
Moroccan banks have invested more than $1.8 billion in 25 African countries between 2007-2017, says a report released by the Moroccan ministry of economy & finance. These investments represent 52.2 pc of total Moroccan funds injected in Africa. Over 16.4 pc of the Moroccan investments were made in the telecom sector, 12.3 pc in industry […]
The restoration of military service in Morocco was met with success as 133,820 young people, including 13,614 women, voluntarily registered their names in the census lists. Girls made up 10.7% of total applicants according to a statement of the interior ministry which said that the list of the beneficiaries will be determined by local authorities. […]
The UN Security Council Monday extended for one year the existing arms embargo on Libya in a move welcomed by the UN Chief who asked all countries to implement the ban on the North African country, which has become a terrain of international influence. Members of the council unanimously voted in favor of the ban […]
At the end of the first quarter of 2019, Morocco’s banking sector posted a 6% increase in profits compared to last year, with 3.4 billion dirhams (MAP). The first three months of the year 2019 were favorable for the banking sector, states local daily, l’Economist, in its Monday issue. Overall income of the banking sector […]
Morocco consolidated its position as Spain’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable supplier in the first quarter of 2019, with exports amounting to €264 million in the first quarter of 2019. Imports of fruit and vegetables from Morocco were up 4% compared to the same period of 2018, the Spanish Federation of Producers’ Associations for Fruit, […]
Participants in the first edition of “Morocco Motorcycle Tour” (MMT), organized by “Dada’s Bike” club in partnership with the Moroccan Union of Motorcycles Tourism & Leisure (UMMTL), arrived Saturday in the city of Laayoune, the second leg of this rally raid. Several bikers, members of various national motorsport clubs, are taking part in this event, […]
Some high profile US politicians have brushed aside reports that President Donald Trump had extended eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar an invitation to visit the White House, saying the news of the alleged visit are fake, Libya Express reports. Libya Express last week, citing anonymous sources loyal to Haftar, reported that the military commander […]
The Tunisian army has thwarted an attempt by an armed group from Libya to sneak onto Tunisia. A security source from Ben Guerdane, southern Tunisia, near the Libyan border told local radio Mosaïque FM that the army repelled the attempt. The source did not identify the armed group but said the two sides traded gun […]