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Morocco and the United States signed a bilateral Enhanced Immunities Agreement, a move that further highlights the close Moroccan-American ties. The deal was sealed during a video teleconference co-chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. The provisions of this agreement, initialed by US ambassador in Rabat, David Fischer, and […]
Tanger Med port has improved its international ranking becoming the 35th container port in the world, confirming thus its competitiveness as global logistic hub. The Northern Moroccan port climbed up to the 35th world position from its former 46th standing, according to latest “Lloyd’s Listing” and “Container Management”, which publish the top 120 ports in […]
Algeria has decided to abandon German Desertec project, one of the world largest solar energy initiative to generate energy from the Sahara desert. “The Desertec project is outdated. Let’s forget it,” Energy Minister Abdelmadjid Attar told state-run radio chaine 1. The Energy Minister argued that the €400 billion project proposed to the gas-rich country is […]
Sudan and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of rebel groups from the western region of Darfur and the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, signed a peace deal on Monday to end 17 years of conflict. The peace agreement was signed Monday in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which has […]
The military field hospital, set-up by Morocco in Beirut following the city port blasts, has performed 15,900 medical acts to the benefit of people affected by the tragic explosions. The free medical services, covering various specialties, benefited 6,970 people between August 10 and 30. The medical staff offered basic treatment services, including 450 […]
The mayor of Mistrata, city controlled by Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), died Monday after battling with the coronavirus in the oil-rich country where infections have been on the rise. Mustafa Karwad according to the health ministry passed away Monday morning after two weeks of contamination. The city, 200 kilometres (120 miles) […]
In a report covering a decade of the UN action in the Sahara, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the destructive role played by Algeria in blocking a political solution to the over four-decade conflict. The report points out to the multiple efforts led by successive UN envoys citing the roundtables held in December 2018 […]
ECOWAS will gradually withdraw its intervention force in Guinea-Bissau. A first group has already left Bissau on August 27. It consists of 130 men mainly from the Togolese Special Forces who arrived in Guinea-Bissau in November 2019 to reinforce the sub-regional contingent stationed in Bissau since 2012. The other ECOWAS troops, notably Nigerians, Senegalese and […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Xi JINPING of China have discussed the means to foster the two countries’ cooperation in a set of fields, among which is the fight against the coronavirus, said the Royal Office. This came in a phone call between the Moroccan Monarch and the Chinese President, the Royal Office […]
The European Investment Bank has released a first tranche of €100 million out of a total emergency funding of €200 million destined to support Morocco’s efforts against the COVID-19 virus crisis. This is the first EIB financing in the EU’s Mediterranean neighborhood to help national authorities fight the pandemic, the bank said in a press […]