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The Moroccan and Israeli ambassadors to the United Nations Omar Hilale and Gilad Erdan co-chaired on Thursday a high-level virtual conference on “Planting for the future: Food security and innovative agriculture”. Co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Morocco and Israel to the UN, the meeting took place on the sidelines of the 54th session of […]
The end of the era of expensive oil has put strains on the budgets of Nigeria and Algeria pushing the first to seek foreign borrowing while the latter adamantly sticks to zero borrowing policy at the expense of starving its population. Nigeria, which has a more diversified economy compared to Algeria, is knocking on the […]
After the confirmation of the presence of the Polisario chief Brahim Ghali in Spain, where he has been hospitalized under a false Algerian identity, the Sahrawi association for the defense of human rights (ASADEDH) seized the Spanish National Audience for the issuance of an arrest warrant so that Brahim Ghali does not circumvent the justice […]
Italian companies will build Libya’s largest highway that will link both countries going through Tunisia and Egypt, Rome has said. Italian companies are about to restart construction work on Libya’s largest highway, which runs from the Tunisian border to the Egyptian border, Luigi Di Maio, the Italian top diplomat reportedly told local radio Confapi. The […]
After weeks of black out, the Polisario has admitted that its leader is in serious health condition and is now hospitalized in Spain. The Algerian-sponsored separatist front has maintained a blackout on the sickness of its leaders after reporters mentioned that he was hit by a Moroccan drone strike, others reporters say he has Covid-19, […]
The European Union Thursday said it was keen to offer credits to Tunisia with zero interest in a bid to help the economically struggling country to raise investments to meet its needs. The EU envoy Marcus Cornaro made the pledge as he met with Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. Cornaro indicated that the union is also […]
The Sahrawi Movement for Peace, a movement promoted by dissidents of the Polisario, commemorated the first anniversary of its creation by organizing an online conference on Wednesday, April 21 in Laayoune, and former Spanish Prime Minister, the socialist José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, was once again the guest of honor of the event. Taking the floor, […]
Morocco is planning to set up an aircraft boneyard near the Oujda Angad airport, oriental region of the Kingdom. This project has been unveiled by Morocco’s National Airports Office (ONDA) which has called for international tenders to build and operate a centre for the storage, disassembly and recycling of retired airplanes. In its first phase, […]
The revival of the decades-old project to connect Africa to Europe via the strait of Gibraltar was discussed at a virtual meeting Wednesday between the Moroccan and Spanish Transport Ministers Abdelkader Amara and Jose Luis Abalos. This meeting, held through video-conference as part of the two countries’ mutual interest in further strengthening their bilateral […]
Mehadrin, Israel’s largest grower and exporter of citrus fruits and vegetables, has partnered with a Moroccan agribusiness to produce and export avocados, according to Israeli business newspaper Globes which reported the deal. The two parties, which had already collaborated in the past, have set up a joint venture to spearhead this ambitious project. Mehadrin will […]