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Moroccan worshipers will be able to attend mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Friday Prayer but this will be conditioned by strict caution to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the religious affairs ministry said. The ministry urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to abstain from going to mosques to protect other […]
Egypt’s embassy in Germany Tuesday announced that the country’s national carrier, EgyptAir, has resumed flights to and from Egypt four months after suspension over covid-19 pandemic. The embassy said, in a statement, the national flag carrier has already resumed flights from Berlin and Frankfurt airports on July 1, Ahram online reports. Egypt in March grounded […]
A court in capital Tunis handed a 15-year prison sentence to Sakhr El Matri, the son-in-law of late president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on corruption charges. El Matri according to media reports is mired in a corruption and administrative orders overrunning case involving a company that belonged to him in 2008. The ruling is […]
Moroccan MPs from across the spectrum have rejected the “baseless allegations” made by Amnesty International in its latest report accusing Moroccan authorities of spying on Moroccan journalist Omar Radi. During a meeting held on Monday by Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki with Heads of parliamentary groups, the MPs denounced “the lies” […]
The Moroccan central Bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ) on Tuesday dismantled a cell presented as loyal to the Daesh terrorist group and as having links to another network that was dismantled in December last year in a joint operation by the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. Under the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), BCIJ used […]
A Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI in Rabat Monday, examined the headlines of the edited draft budget 2020. The new budget was elaborated to help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus and the restrictive measures relating to it. It was based on a growth forecast of 5% and a […]
The Libyan African Investment Company, LAICO, controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli, has recovered the ownership of Bahari Beach – a tourist resort in the Tanzania capital of Dar es Salaam, Libya Observer reports. The hotel, property of the Libyan state has been illegally controlled by another part since […]
Tunisia’s minister of transport Monday fired Elyes Mnakbi, the CEO of national carrier, Tunis Air, who has refused to heed the decision, according to press reports. An official note from Minister Anouar Maarouf to Mnakbi, which circulated on social media, indicated that Belgacem Tayaa has been appointed as caretaker until a new CEO is appointed. […]
The European Union has earmarked six million euros, or 65 billion Guinean francs, for the response to the coronavirus epidemic in Guinea, under a contract signed on Monday with the NGO Alima (Alliance for International Medical), announced the European delegation in a statement. The funds should be injected in a project related to the health […]
Morocco’s Royal Air School will make its training facilities available to pilots from national airlines, according to a draft law. The training will help pilots benefit from training expertise of the military under an agreement between the national defense administration and national airlines, a statement of the Royal Office said after a ministerial council chaired […]