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The Moroccan government has underlined the progress made towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a roadmap set by the international community for building a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030. Rabat has pledged to achieve the SDGs, which aim to end poverty, protect the planet, create job opportunity for youth, […]
Tunisia’s Premier Elyes Fakhfakh Monday said he would in the next coming weeks shake up the government amid open dispute with the parliament majority party, Ennahdha, which has called for his replacement over an alleged conflict of interest. Statement from Fakhfakh’s office said the head of the government went lengths over the past week to […]
The Vice-President of Côte d’Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan, 77, has resigned from his post. The announcement was made on Monday July 13 by presidential secretary-general Patrick Achi, as the country mourns the Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly who passed away on July 8. “Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan submitted his resignation to the President of […]
Shebabs carried out an attack against the head of the Somali Defense Forces, General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, in Mogadishu, where his convoy was targeted by a suicide car bomb attack. The general, who is known for his relentless fight against the Islamists, escaped unharmed. The operation failed but the explosion killed between one and five […]
Amnesty International was dealt a hard blow as an Israeli court dismissed its lawsuit to ban Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group from exporting abroad its technology for “lack of evidence” in the case of Moroccan journalist Omar Radi, several international media reported on Monday. Israeli judge in the Tel Aviv district court, Rachel Lavi […]
Morocco has taken one step ahead to lay the legal foundation for the launch of its domestic military industry after the latest Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI, approved a draft decree to that end. The decree enables licenses for the setting up of plants to manufacture weapons, ammunition, and military and security […]
The African Development Bank said the Algerian economy is the third worst hit in Africa at a time the country faces a multipronged political, economic and social crisis worsened by lack of political reforms. The bank said the contraction of the Algerian GDP by at least 6.4% this year was due to its heavy dependence […]
Royal advisor and founding president of the Essaouira-Mogador Association, André Azoulay, presented Saturday in Dar Souiri the tourism roadmap of the Atlantic city of Essaouira for the summer season and beyond. Tomorrow’s tourism will be that of culture, ecology and well-being, he said, in the presence of minister of Tourism Nadia Fettah Alaoui and tourist […]
Turkey Monday said a ceasefire in Libya would not benefit its ally, the Government of National Accord (GNA), which has been halted in its push to recover the city of Sirte and Jufra air base. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told local state broadcaster TRT Haber that the GNA needs to take back Sirte, the hometown […]
Moroccan authorities have decided lately to seal off some districts of the Northern city of Tangier following a surge of local positive cases of the coronavirus. The move comes to contain the spread of infections, said the interior ministry in a press release. Under the lockdown measures, the residents of the tangier zones with high […]