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Egypt announced Wednesday electricity price will increase by 19 per cent from next month, amid the covid-19 pandemic. The decision announced by the ministry of electricity is the seventh increase by the regime of President Fattah Al Sisi in power since 2014. The move is however in line with the ministry’s previous decision to increase […]
King Mohammed VI has instructed the Moroccan private sector to conduct massive testing to protect the employees and resume activity in a secure environment, as part of the participatory management of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Ministry of Health and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) said in a recent joint statement that this […]
King Mohammed VI has addressed to President Kaïs Saeïd of Tunisia a verbal message dealing with means to further develop bilateral relations and the situation prevailing at the regional and international levels. The royal message was conveyed by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to the Tunisian Head of State at an audience on Wednesday in Tunis, […]
After Algeria and the two enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco launched this Wednesday June 10 an air bridge to repatriate its nationals who were stuck in Malaga since the country closed its borders in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus. According to the news outlet Le360, three flights are scheduled this Wednesday […]
Chili announced it will shut down its foreign mission in Algeria and four other countries by the end of 2020 in a move to reduce costs and scale up relations with other countries such has Belgium and Austria. The widely-circulated Chilean daily El Mercurio reports that Chile’s decision to close its embassy in Algiers threw […]
Morocco rejected in the strongest terms the verbal blunders uttered by the spokesman for the Algerian presidency who alleged that the Moroccan consul in Oran had left the country because he was an agent of Moroccan intelligence. “Morocco, at first, thought of not reacting to the irresponsible allegations made by the Algerian presidency spokesman to […]
The Moroccan government has finally decided to extend the state of health emergency until July 10 with gradual easing of confinement measures. The decision was made in line with a bill that was discussed and adopted Tuesday by a Cabinet Meeting, convened by videoconference under the chairmanship of head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani. […]
The presidential guard of Chad has shot at a vehicle with two French soldiers in plain clothes near the presidential palace on June 9. According to the Chadian military, the presidential guard fired because the unmarked vehicle was in a prohibited zone and because they did not know who the passengers were. The French military […]
About 18.5 million facemasks have been exported by 69 Moroccan factories to 11 countries in the four continents, announced on Tuesday the Ministry of Industry and Trade. These certified masks, which have become a hot commodity during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, were exported between May 21 and June 8 after the local manufacturers built a […]
Morocco will begin the repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Spain within 48 hours, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita announced on Tuesday in Rabat. Addressing the House of Advisors, the official explained that priority will be given to Moroccan nationals living in the south of Spain, particularly Algeciras, before including Catalonia, the Basque Country and capital Madrid. […]