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Egypt will inaugurate in the second half of 2022, the world’s largest spinning factory led by eight companies. Hisham Tawfik, Minister of the Public Enterprises Sector made the announcement during a meeting with the contracting companies to review the project progress. The project to be developed by Gama Construction Company encompasses 65 buildings and a […]
The forecasts of the investment program of the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF) for the period 2022-2024 amount to more than 7.72 billion DH, according to the report on public establishments and enterprises supplemented to the 2022 draft finance bill. This program, spread over 2022 with 2.9 billion dirhams, 2023 with 2.22 billion dirhams and […]
UGTT, Tunisia’s most powerful workers’ union, has called for a general strike for this Tuesday to denounce the stabbing of a high school teacher by a student in the costal town of Ezzahra, south of capital Tunis. Sahbi Ben Slama, a high-school History and Geography teacher was assaulted by a student who stabbed him multiple […]
Israeli defense company Rafael is reportedly seeking to supply Morocco with its “Iron Dome” missile-defense system which is capable of intercepting rockets, mortars, artillery shells, aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, according to Moroccan news website Le Desk.ma. The Israeli system would enable the Royal Armed Forces to add another defense layer for the protection of the […]
Champion of renewable energies, Morocco, forerunner in solar and water resources mobilization, shows the way on the African continent, underlined the French France Info media. “The Kingdom, which hosted the COP22 in 2016, always wants to be at the forefront of the fight against global warming. In Glasgow, it announced that it was working on […]
The Government of National Unity (GNU), the interim Libyan government, has opposed the decision by the Presidential Council (PC) to suspend the country’s top diplomat Najla Mangoush and refer her for investigation, arguing that the PC has attacked outside its mandate per Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). The PC Saturday banned Mangoush from traveling outside […]
The United States ordered Saturday the departure of its non-essential personnel from its embassy in Ethiopia, where fighting has redoubled this week in the north of the country between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to march on the capital. The decision was taken “due to the armed conflict, civil unrest and possible shortages,” […]
Royal Armed Forces and U.S. Army are preparing the upcoming joint military drills “African Lion” 2022, one of the major annual exercises organized to strengthen cooperation and training, enhance interoperability and promote the exchange of military experiences. The announcement was made by the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command in its Twitter account. «Coming […]
Four Tunisian workers have lost their lives during an accident on the Bouri Offshore Field, about 120 kilometers north of the Libyan coast, Tunisia’s consul general in Tripoli told state-run agency TAP. Taoufik Guesmi told the agency their corpses would be repatriated either Sunday or today Monday. The men working for Tripoli-based Mellitah Oil & […]
President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon is paying a working and Friendship visit to Morocco. The Gabonese head of state arrived in Morocco Friday, coming from Scotland where he took part in the 5th International Forum on Investments and in the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26). The visit provides an opportunity to […]