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King Mohammed VI has ordered the shipment of medical aid to help 15 African countries in their efforts to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, the foreign ministry said. The medical aid is made of nearly 8 million facemasks, 900,000 face shields, 600,000 hygiene caps, 60,000 protective clothing and 30,000 liters of sanitizers in addition to […]
A man who managed to escape the siege imposed on thousands of people in Tindouf has confirmed the information according to which the Polisario and its mentor Algeria were gathering people who were not Sahraouis in the Tindouf camps in order to inflate numbers and perpetuate the chimera of a Sahraoui people seeking for a […]
The Moroccan government has reaffirmed its firm commitment to the stability, peace and socioeconomic development of the Sahel region, which is facing major security challenges, political instability and food crisis. During the 1st ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel, held lately via videoconference, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said the North African Kingdom […]
Morocco will group together coronavirus patients in two hospitals in Benslimane near Casablanca and Benguerrir near Marrakech in a step towards easing the confinement. With some 700 coronavirus patients, mostly in good condition, Morocco will transfer coronavirus cases from different parts of the country to the two hospitals where patients will receive care by a […]
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply shocked by the discovery of multiple mass graves in recent days in Libya, the majority of them in Tarhouna. Tarhouna, located at 65 kilometers southeast of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, was until recently a stronghold of renegade General Khalifa Haftar that his militias used as the operation and supply […]
African countries called on Friday on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold an urgent debate on racism and police brutality amid the unrest in the United States and beyond over George Floyd’s death when the council resumes its 43rd session next week. In a letter written on behalf of 54 African countries, Burkina […]
The ongoing public health emergency enforced in Morocco since March 20 to prevent the spread of covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the country’s routine pediatric vaccines and medical care of patients with chronic diseases. The Moroccan Pediatrics Society and the National Health Federation have sounded lately the alarm bell over the serious health […]
The coronavirus has disrupted many plans including the annual summer crossings of some 3 million Moroccans to spend summer in their homeland through the strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean ports. Spanish media put forward the date of July 15 for the start of the operation citing Moroccan authorities which have yet to announce the date […]
Morocco is planning to ship medical aid to Mauritania and share its anti-coronavirus expertise with its southern neighbor, the Mauritanian foreign minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaking to Mauritanian news agency, said he had a phone call with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita who informed him of a Royal decision to […]
A high profile official of the Arab League has recognized the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli as the only legitimate Libyan authority. Hossam Zaki, the assistant secretary general of the PAN-Arab organization in an interview with an Egyptian media said the GNA is legitimate according to the Skhirat Agreement. It is the […]