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All port activities in Tangier Med have posted sustained growth in 2020, thus allowing the port complex to uphold its position as the leading container port in the Mediterranean basin. The overall tonnage processed during the past year stood at 81 million tons, an increase of 23% compared to 2019, said the Tangier Med Port […]
After having received 2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, Moroccan authorities started this Monday supplying several regions of the Kingdom with the precious vials of coronavirus vaccine ahead of unrolling the immunization campaign. About 3000 vaccine sites have been fitted with all necessary equipment and 25,531 health workers have been mobilized for […]
Business as usual in Guerguarat where international traffic has resumed unhindered between Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa since the Royal Armed forces cleared on November 13,2020 the border crossing which had been closed by Polisario militiamen for three weeks. Polisario and Algerian media however continue to fantasize about an imaginary war claiming to have attacked the […]
Morocco’s tourism revenues dropped by 51% in the first eleven months of last year under the impact of the pandemic and travel restrictions, the finance ministry said. The drop was attenuated 76% a month earlier, thanks to arrivals by Moroccan expatriates. In terms of arrivals however, Morocco registered only 142,000 tourists, down 82% compared to […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki (Chad) has announced his candidacy for a second term in office at the end of his first four-year mandate, which started in 2017. Mr. Faki seeks re-election for another 4-year mandate (2021-2024). He will present results achieved during his mandate during the Assembly of next AU summit […]
Tunisia’s top diplomat Othman Jerandi Sunday announced he contracted covid-19 and vowed to double down the search of vaccines for the North African country which posted so far 197,373 cases. “The tests I did confirmed that I had contracted the virus despite taking all the necessary precautions and following the health protocol,” Jerandi said on […]
Egypt has given five new gold exploration contracts worth $13 million to three mining companies in the back of 11 others. The contracts, Arab Finance reports citing a cabinet statement, include a $9 million (EGP 141.49 million) agreement with Canada’s Lotus Gold to explore 11 blocks; a $3 million (EGP 47.16 million) deal with Mining […]
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan affirmed that Washington will build on the success of Israel’s normalization deals including the one signed with Morocco. The news was relayed by the White House following a phone talk between Sullivan and Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat. “They (Jake Sullivan & Meir Ben Shabbat) discussed opportunities to […]
The situation in Guerguarat crossing point is calm and normal, authorized sources said Sunday morning, adding that road traffic between Morocco and Mauritania, and beyond to sub-Saharan Africa, “is not disrupted in any way”. Despite the uneventful harassment by “Polisario” militias, the situation in Guerguarat, as in the whole of the Moroccan Sahara, is calm […]
Algeria is at the mercy of an internal war between its president Abbdelmadjid Tebboune and the army which had backed the ascension to power of the 75-year old man, currently in Germany for medical treatment. Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unpopular in Algeria and is considered an illegitimate president appointed by the military. His illegitimacy was […]