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The Swiss Federal Council is planning to add Morocco to its new list of partner countries in the fight against illicit financial flows and cross-border tax evasion. After approval of the competent authorities, entry into force of the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts (AEOI) is due in 2023. Ecuador, Georgia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, […]
Niger plans to build a base for armed drones to strengthen its defense and security capabilities in combating terrorism and for closely monitoring the security situation across its borders with Libya and Mali. The planned base will be established in Tahoun, central region of the West African country, local Actu Niger newspaper reports. The project, […]
Means to consolidate judicial relations between Morocco and the USA were discussed in Rabat Monday between a visiting delegation of U.S. attorneys general and the delegate president of the High Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), Mohamed Abdennabaoui. The meeting provided an opportunity to explore the prospects for consolidating judicial relations between the CSPJ and judicial […]
Three suspected cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Morocco, but no case has been confirmed so far, the Ministry of Health announced Monday. “The three suspected cases are in good health, and are benefiting from the necessary medical supervision,” said the coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Public Health Operations of the Ministry […]
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) on Monday announced that it refuses to take part in the national dialogue according to the formula set out in the Presidential Decree on the creation of the National Advisory Committee for a New Republic and approved a decision to hold a general strike in both the public and […]
The 26th General Conference of the Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), held in Tunis on Saturday, commended the efforts made by King Mohammed VI, chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in favor of the defense of the holy city and the preservation of its identity. The General Conference, the highest decision-making body of ALECSO, […]
Moroccan international Yassine Bounou, member of Sevilla FC, was crowned best goalkeeper in the Spanish championship at the end of the 2021/2022 season, winning the Zamora Trophy awarded by the Spanish sports daily Marca. The Atlas Lion, who was not fielded by his coach Lopetegui against Bilbao on Sunday, thus becomes the first goalkeeper from […]
France is reportedly preparing to host a Libyan conference for the creation of an independent state in the oil-rich North African country as part of a colonial empire agenda. An 11-member delegation of Fezzan, a southern region in Libya, is currently visiting Paris to prepare for the conference, whose central objective is to propose a […]
Morocco’s public finances are under unprecedented pressure due to imported inflation and its impact on the cost of state subsidies. But despite the impact of geopolitical tensions on the state budget, the government maintains its expansionary budget which has increased funding for social services. Morocco has adopted an ambitious development model to bolster the competitiveness […]
The Libyan army, backed by Tripoli government, has inked a deal with Turkey’s aerospace company (TUSAŞ) for the acquisition of several modern training aircraft of types (Hürkuş-C), Libya Observer reports. The deal was signed on the Libyan side by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Major General Muhammad Gojil, in the presence of […]