Africa Headlines International Morocco

Morocco committed to supporting stability in Central African Republic

Morocco reiterated its commitment to supporting stability in the Central African Republic where it has been contributing to UN peace efforts. Morocco has 762 blue helmets on the ground as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Beside peace efforts, Morocco has extended a helping hand to CAR which […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

Morocco, India to ease visa procedures

Morocco and India expressed willingness to ease visa procedures notably for businessmen and tourists, Morocco’s foreign ministry said. This came during a videoconference between Morocco’s foreign minister and his Indian peer Subrahmanyam Jaishankar who expressed satisfaction at the growing ties between the two countries as evidenced by the signing of some forty agreements and memorandums […]

Features Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s Covid-19 cases soar to new daily record

Morocco reported on Thursday 4151 new coronavirus cases, breaking a new daily record and raising fears about new restrictive measures Casablanca region alone recorded 2011 new cases, followed by the eastern region with 565 and Rabat-Kenitra with 496, the health ministry said. The country’s covid-19 tally rose to 186,731 cases, including 3132 deaths and 154481 […]

Headlines Morocco

Renewables: Morocco‘s King Calls for Diligence to Overcome Delays in Major Projects

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, chaired on Thursday in Rabat a meeting devoted to the renewable energies strategy within the frame of the Sovereign’s constant follow up of the major and strategic projects launched in the Kingdom. During this meeting, the Monarch noted “several delays” in the implementation of this […]

Headlines Libya

Skhirate Agreement Remains the Only Document of Reference: Chairman of Libyan High Council of State

Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita stressed the pre-eminence of the UN-brokered agreement in Skhirate in 2015 as a political way out of the Libyan in-fighting. The Skhirate Agreement should serve as a basis for political talks between the Libyan rivals, Bourita told the press after talks in Rabat with head of Libya’s High Council of […]

Algeria Features Headlines Morocco

Sahara: UN Chief Renews Its Call on Polisario & Its Militia to Withdraw from Guerguerat

UN Secretary-General has called once again on the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group and its militia to pull out of the buffer zone of Guerguerat, warning against obstructing regular civil and commercial traffic in this area. “We recall that regular civilian and commercial traffic should not be obstructed” in Guerguerat, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the […]

Egypt Headlines Morocco

Morocco bans Raja from traveling to Egypt for second leg CAF Champions League match over covid-19 cases

Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League tie in Egypt against Cairo-based Zamalek after the side reported nine cases of coronavirus. The ministry, Le360.ma reports, has sent a correspondence to the club after nine players of the […]

Features Headlines Morocco

Guinea Bissau mulls plans to open mission in Moroccan Sahara

Guinea-Bissau is planning to inaugurate a consulate in Moroccan Sahara, Le360.ma reports citing sources. The sources did not elaborate on the date but the move will bolster the international support for the kingdom’s sovereignty over the disputed territory and its political settlement plan submitted to the United Nations. Algeria has been backing the separatist movement […]

Headlines Mauritania

Mauritania: Former opposition leader Moustapha Limam Chafi returns to Nouakchott after eleven years of exile

Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi, targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the regime of former Mauritanian President Ould Abdelaziz, returned Sunday, October 18 after eleven years in exile. After eleven years of exile, Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi returned to the country Sunday evening on board a […]

Features Headlines Tunisia

Tunisia forecasts 7,200 covid-19-related death by end of 2020

The Tunisian health ministry Tuesday said it fears 7,200 people might die of the covid-19 pandemic as the country continues registering steady cases of contaminations now standing at 42,227 since March when the first case was reported. The alert came from the ministry’s spokesperson Nissaf Ben Alaya who told local radio Express fm that the […]