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The US State department has dealt another blow to Algeria and the Polisario by omitting the section on Western Sahara which is now covered under Morocco country report in line with the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover […]
Morocco has stressed the need to strengthen the capacities of states and sub-regional organizations to respond to the new terrorist threats posed by ISIS in Africa, which has become now the target and focus of the terror group. “The response to the emerging threats of ISIS in Africa must prioritize support to African states and […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has called on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to expedite the appointment of a new U.N. envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler, who stepped down on May 19, 2019 for “health reasons”. The call was made during the virtual meeting held Monday by the U.S. […]
Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading fertilizer company, and the Eastern & Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) announced on Tuesday $400 million fertilizer trade finance transactions sealed via blockchain technology. Some $270 million of this deal have already been completed, while the remaining sum will be finalized in […]
More than 100 senior officials representing 13 African railway companies are taking part in a training session organized by Moroccan national railway operator, Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF). The four-day training, which started on Monday, is part of the action plan set out by the International Union of Railways (UIC) for Africa Region, […]
Chinese and Turkish textile companies will supply the Tunisian armed forces with uniforms over the next three years for a value estimated at around $22.7 billion. The procurement, kept secret, was disclosed by Nafaa Ennaifer, the President of the Tunisian Textile Federation who on a Facebook post said the contracts awarded to the foreign […]
The Morocco Africa Cultures and Developments Organization (OMA) and a Nigerian business delegation signed, Monday in Rabat, a partnership agreement providing for the setting up of a Nigeria-Morocco Business Council. By bringing together business operators from the two countries, the council will help support the various memoranda of understanding signed by the heads of […]
A Tunisian court Monday sentenced for money laundering popular French-Tunisian rapper, Iteb Zaibet, aka Rayan Sanches or Swagg Man, Webdo Tunis reports. The Criminal Chamber specialized in financial corruption cases also fined the 37-year old rapper $35,744. The court also ordered the transfer of $6.8 million to state treasury. The Nice-born rapper has been in […]
Morocco announced Monday the extension of the night curfew and other anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, March 30 at 9 p.m., part of continued efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic and limit its negative repercussions. Besides the night curfew from 9 p.m. to 06 a.m. nationwide, the […]
Some 40 cases of the UK variant of the Covid-19 have been detected in Dakhla, announced Monday the Regional Health Director of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, Salima Saâsaâ. The health condition of those tested positive for this variant is “stable” and does not cause any concern, Saâsaâ told the press, adding that patients were placed in sanitary […]