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As governments around the world are racing to ensure early access to COVID-19 vaccines currently in trials, Morocco does not stand idly by as it is actively working to secure coronavirus vaccines to protect its citizens. Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said Monday that the North African Kingdom will take part, along other countries, in […]
A UN experts’ report on Mali is not yet public, but it is already triggering reaction. Unlike previous reports, which focused more on the actions of armed groups, this one points to the direct responsibility of the authorities for obstructing the implementation of the 2015 peace agreement. The experts point in particular to the State […]
Turkey and Qatar Monday deepened their footprint in Libya as the defense ministers of the two countries agreed to boost the military institution of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli. Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar and his Qatari counterpart Khaled Al Attiyah met with GNA’s deputy defense minister Salah Al-Namroush in […]
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz showed up Monday before the police for hearing as part of investigations into corruption and public funds embezzlement allegations leveled against him and his entourage during his 11 years at the head of the North African country, Le360.ma reports. The Mauritanian police in charge of economic affairs showed up […]
An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. The prosecution at a court in Constantine has accused Abdelkrim Zeghileche, director of Radio-Sarbacane, a web-radio in the Northeast Algerian city, of “subverting the personality of the President of the Republic”, and “the national unity”. Zeghileche […]
The European Union Monday allocated Tunisia 10 million euros to help stem illegal migration activities from its coasts. The bloc’s commissioner for home affairs and internal security, Ylva Johansson, announced the assistance, which will be used to fight traffickers who control the illegal migration activities on the shores of the North African country. Over 4,100 […]
Morocco will have to act quickly to respond to the scale of changes in the lives of individuals and in several sectors of its economy, particularly that of the informal sector, recommends a report released Monday August 17. COVID-19 presents a systemic risk creating vulnerabilities, widening inequalities and hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting small businesses in Morocco to withstand the coronavirus pandemic impact with a €40 million loan, approximately 430 million dirham, to CaixaBank’s Morocco branch. The EBRD loan will help CaixaBank to increase much-needed funding for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to address companies’ needs. In […]
Four Moroccan writers, who previously applied for the Sheikh Zayed book award, announced their withdrawal from the competition in protest over the normalization of diplomatic ties between the UAE and Israel. The Israeli-UAE deal stirred mixed reactions in the region between countries that welcomed the deal such as Egypt, Oman, Bahrain and Mauritania and those […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Monday the seizure of nearly three tons of cannabis in two separate anti-drug operations carried out in the cities of Agadir (southern Atlantic coast) and Nador (North eastern region). In Agadir, two people, aged 37 and 39, were arrested by the local security agents at a road checkpoint .They were on […]