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Turkey Tuesday complained to Libyan authorities about the desecration of its flags by followers of Libyan rebel General Khalifa Haftar, in Tobruk, East of the oil-rich African country. Haftar’s supporters placed a Turkish flag on the street for cars to drive on it en route to the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, […]
Iran’s mischief in Africa through arming separatist and radical groups across the continent poses a risk to regional stability, German media Der Tahesspiegel wrote. In an article on Iran’s strategic opportunism in Africa, Stephan Andreas Casdorff highlighted that Iran had supplied the Polisario separatists with surface to air missiles. As it seeks to gain new […]
Morocco’s irrigation and farming technologies firms CMGP and CAS recently announced a merger with eyes on expanding activity in the African continent. Following the merger, the new company will be called CMGP-CAS and will pool efforts to ensure the expansion of efficient irrigation and agricultural water management technologies to enable greater output and sustainability in […]
Moroccan international and Madrid-born Achraf Hakimi has inked a five-year contract with France giants and Qatar-owned Paris Saint Germain (PSG). The Inter Milan player joins the League 1 powerhouse for €71 million, bonus included. The 22-year player is touted as one of the world’s best fullbacks after playing 45 matches and scored 7 goals for […]
Morocco, which is taking the lead in the global fight against the coronavirus, is advancing resolutely towards becoming a main producer of vaccines including anti-covid jabs. To secure its self-sufficiency and autonomy in vaccines which have become the hottest commodity on earth during the current global health crisis, the North African Kingdom has partnered with […]
Moroccans living abroad are the leading foreign exchange earners in the kingdom, alongside tourism and services, the automobile industry and the export of phosphates and derived products. In the first five months of 2021, these Moroccans of the world transferred 36.34 billion dirhams (3.5 billion euros), up 50.2% compared to the first five months […]
The Mauritanian police have nabbed a senior official of a state-run energy company and a businessman, both accused by a Senegal company for demanding commissions for a contract awarded to the latter firm, reports say. Businessman, Mohamed Ould Bouchiba, and the technical director of the Mauritanian Gas Company, Mohamedou Pal, had been arrested for questioning […]
The Egyptian military says it is ready to face regional challenges as Ethiopia resumes filling the Renaissance dam considered a threat by the Arab Republic. “It is not wise, in light of our capabilities and high deterrence power, to test the reaction of the Egyptian Armed Forces,” Gharib Abdel Hafez, a spokesman of the army […]
King Mohammed VI chaired this Monday July 5 at the Royal Palace of Fez, the launch ceremony of a project related to fill & finish operation of the anti-Covid19 vaccine and other vaccines in Morocco, with a production capacity expected to reach 5 million doses of Covid19 vaccine per month in the short-term. The King […]
Ryanair plans to link Morocco’s Atlantic resort of Agadir with destinations in Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Poland. The company, which announced the setting up of its third African base in Agadir last month, will operate 25 new routes from Agadir to key tourist emitting destinations. The flights will start in November 2021 […]