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The OPEC Fund for International Development has lent Morocco $100 million to enhance financial inclusion, modernize the economy and mitigate the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The loan, supported by the World Bank, will enable Morocco implement reforms to provide households and firms with affordable, transparent and sustainable financial services. It aims to ensure financial inclusion […]
Libyan authorities have released 24 Tunisian fishermen who were arrested late last week. The fishermen were arrested on Friday on board three ships from Sfax and Mahdia, the Head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, Mustafa Abdelkabir, said. The latest release follows that of six other fishermen on April 5, after more than one […]
Morocco will start in April bolstering its inventories of soft and hard wheat in implementation of royal directives, agriculture minister said. He said the new reserves will bolster the already existing wheat stocks of five months and will be managed by state agency for grains and cereals ONICLE. Speaking to MPs, Sadiki said that building […]
Tunisia Monday submitted its candidacy to host the new headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), several days after Egypt expressed willingness to provide a venue for the construction of the agency’s continental office. Tunisia’s Minister of Health Ali M’rabet made the offer as he received Aggrey John Douglas Ambali, an African Union (AU) official […]
The huge business opportunities offered in Morocco thanks to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) sealed with the United States and the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) were at the center of talks held lately between Pdt of Moroccan Association of Exporters Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi and U.S. Consul General to Casablanca Lawrence M. Randolph. […]
Starting this April 12, ferries will start carrying passengers again between Morocco and Spain after a halt that lasted two years because of Covid and diplomatic tensions. Cars will be transported between Spanish ports and Moroccan counterparts starting April 18, according to Spanish ports agencies. The measure was announced last week in a joint statement […]
Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets Sunday, April 10 in Tunis, for the largest protest against President Kais Saied since he took office. Despite numerous checkpoints and controls, hundreds of people gathered on Bourguiba Avenue, at the call of Islamist Ennahdha party and “Citizens Against the Coup”, a grassroots initiative. The demonstrators demanded the […]
Saudi Arabia’s carrier, Saudia Airlines, announced that it will launch a new flight linking Jeddah to Marrakech on May 30. The new flight is part of Saudia’s 10 new routes for the summer, announced in February by the company, which seeks to expand international air routes to meet passengers’ needs. The Saudi Airlines unveiled the […]
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced last week that it had opened an investigation into “allegations of serious human rights violations” during an anti-terrorist operation launched by Malian armed forces in the Moura region in central Mali. MINUSMA said in a statement that it has formally opened an investigation since […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied issued Saturday a decree to compensate families of “martyrs” and police and army members killed or wounded, when defending the country during the 2011 revolution. The compensation, according to the decree, will be awarded to the families of “martyrs” and police and army killed or wounded defending the country from what […]