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The outgoing Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara announced on Thursday his candidacy for a third term in the presidential election to be held next October. He had initially said he would not stand for re-election, leaving his runner-up Amadou Gon Coulibaly to wear the colors of the ruling Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP). […]
King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to send emergency medical and humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut that killed over 135 people, injured some 5000, and made significant material damage. The sovereign thus gave his high instructions for the deployment in Beirut of a military field hospital […]
Morocco has extended the state of health emergency, decreed in March, until September 10, 2020, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The health emergency extension decree was approved this Thursday by a cabinet council, chaired by Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani. This is the fifth time that […]
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) announced on Wednesday that 60 Moroccan peacekeepers are finally on their way home from the DRC. The peacekeepers left the city of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri, to go further east to Goma in the province of North Kivu, on […]
Italy Wednesday expressed willingness to boost cooperation with Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in many areas, primarily in security. This came during talks Italian Defense minister Lorenzo Guerini held in Tripoli with GNA leader Fayez al-Sarraj. A statement by the Italian defense ministry indicates that both countries agreed to collaborate in demining […]
The Tunisian state might no longer be able to pay salaries to civil servants and supply electricity of its citizens, Rached Ghannouchi speaker of the parliament told his party members Wednesday, Webdo Tunis reports. Speaking at a ceremony marking Eid al-Adha, Ghannouchi reportedly told members of the Islamist Ennahdha movement that the situation is caused […]
Morocco’s health ministry gave a go-ahead for home isolation of coronavirus cases as a surge in infections loaded hospitals in some major cities such as Casablanca and Tangier. The ministry said that asymptomatic infected people will be asked to receive their treatment at home provided that other family members or flat-mates leave the house for […]
Rebel General Khalifa Haftar has brushed aside every possibility of talks with Turkey and called on Washington to thwart arm delivery to Ankara-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). In a letter to the Trump administration, Haftar requested from the US an international monitoring of land and sea borders to disallow the arrival of weapons to […]
Merchants in the Polisario-Run Tindouf camps in Southwestern Algeria stepped up their protests against a leadership they blame for the surge of coronavirus cases. The protesters decried the endemic corruption within the Polisario ranks with blessings from the Algerian mentor. A lockdown has deprived many merchants and artisans from their source of revenue without benefiting […]
Moroccan medical services have struggled with a surge of cases over the last week, which coincided with the Eid holiday and a high mobility of people despite the lockdown of eight major cities with high infections. On Wednesday, Morocco registered the highest single day cases with 1283 infections, bringing the number of total cases to […]