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The Chief Executive Officer of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Mostafa Terrab has been awarded the insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honor of France. This honorary distinction was handed to him in Rabat by the French Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal. Through this award, France wanted to honor the […]
Egyptian authorities expect to get more than $1 billion from Ever Given to cover damage and losses incurred in operations to float the mega ship that blocked the vital waterway for several days. The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Osama Rabei told media that the authority launched Wednesday probe into the incident that […]
Tunisia’s counter-terrorism forces Thursday killed on Salloum mountain, in the restive Kasserine governorate, a couple of terrorists who off late joined the ranks of terrorist organizations. The National Gard forces surrounded the couple during an operation near the mountain. The couple died after the woman, from Asian origins, detonated her subside belt. The blast also […]
Morocco has so far registered 73 cases of the new Covid-19 British strain, including 40 in Dakhla, said health minister Khalid Ait Taleb, waving the possibility of further tightening restrictive measures to contain the spread of the virus. Speaking at the weekly government council Thursday, Ait Taleb explained that half of all Morocco’s coronavirus positive […]
Agents of the Spanish National Police in the town of Basauri, in Vizcaya, have arrested this week a Polisario activist for his alleged involvement in a crime of terrorist threats. The individual is accused of using his profiles on social networks to encourage attacks and violent actions against Moroccan institutions and people both in Spain […]
The release of more than 100 prisoners held since the start of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s abortive offensive to seize the capital in 2019, was welcomed locally and by the United Nations. The prisoners’ release on Wednesday was the result of an initiative of the Zawia City Dialogue Committee under the banner “For the […]
The weather has been clement for Morocco this year after generalized rainfall that promises better crop year and bigger wheat yield, Reuters reported. Citing wheat traders, the agency said that Morocco may harvest 10 million tons of cereals this year, up from 3 million last year, which means less imports. Morocco imports usually 2 to […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is the best alternative to the Nord-Stream 2 natural gas Russian pipeline project which is at the heart of tensions between the United States, the European Union, and Russia, American news outlet Newslooks states. In an article entitled “The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the EU-US alliance”, Newslooks […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reportedly proposed the candidacy of former Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado as his personal envoy for the Sahara but the Algerian regime has given once again a cold shoulder to the new pick of the UN chief. The Algerian stand has been voiced Thursday by Al Watan newspaper, close […]
The US State Department has drawn a gloomy picture of the current situation of human rights in Algeria, denouncing all kinds of violations of public and civil liberties in the country. The State Department’s country report on human rights released this week, underlines the many violations of the most basic rights in Algeria, ranging […]