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Libya’s Eastern Government – which is not officially recognized by the international community – led by Abdalla Thinni, has finally recognized the new government of Abdul Hamid Dbeiba and handed over the reins of power to the exclusive Libyan government, the Government of National Unity. The power handover ceremony took place in the northern Libyan […]
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8) arrived in Tangier, Morocco, for a port visit on March 19, 2021. Yuma is a Naval Craft sailing under the flag of the US and operating in the US Sixth Fleet to conduct interoperability training and build strategic partnerships with African partners. […]
The Washington-based Brookings Institution highlighted Morocco’s performance in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, listing the Kingdom among the best performers in the Middle East and North Africa region. In a paper titled “One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’”, the Institution underlined the strong initial […]
Morocco’s General Confederation of Enterprises (CGEM) and the Israeli Employers and Business Organizations (IEBO) signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote economic and trade relations as well as technological development between Morocco and Israel. The partnership agreement was signed Monday during a videoconference by CGEM President Chakib Alj, President of IEBO and of Manufacturers Association […]
Morocco looks to diversify the vaccines it is administering as part of a mass vaccination campaign in an international context where demand exceeds offer. Morocco has already received 8.5 million doses, including 7 million doses from AstraZeneca and the rest from Chinese Sinopharm. The country expects to obtain 1 million doses from Russia’s Sputnik, 2 […]
Tunisia’s Anti-terrorism commission, CNLCT, announced Monday it froze the assets of three Tunisians who allegedly funded terrorism activities, reports say. The CNLCT told state-run news agency TAP that the three individuals, whose names have not been disclosed, physically financed terrorism activities. Tunisia has set up the CNLCT to prevent terrorism in a country that witnessed […]
Algeria, which is known as a traditional customer of Russian and Chinese arms, has become the major buyer of German weapons during the past four years, according to new data released by the Stockholm-based International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In its report on global arms transfers between 2016-20, the Swedish Think-tank ranks Algeria as […]
Moroccan Special Forces have participated in the military exercise “ImpregnableGuard 2021” held in Qatar within the frame of the preparations of the Gulf country to counter any security threat during the upcoming soccer world cup 2022. Besides the host country and Morocco, forces from the United States, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, Jordan, and Rwanda took part […]
King Mohammed VI appointed Ahmed Rahhou new head of the competition council and Zineb Al Adaoui head of the court of auditors. Rahhou succeeds to Driss Guerraoui whose tenure was marred by procedural dysfunctions relating to a report on fuel price fixing. The new appointment is part of the King’s firm attachment to the independence […]
Morocco is on course to launching investments in the gas sector that would serve its goal of diversifying its energy mix and reducing its reliance on coal and costly imports, London-based Globaldata said. In a recent report, the international consultancy said Morocco is poised to add 70mmcfd natural gas to its energy mix in the […]