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Over 50 jihadists on motorbikes launched a “well-planned operation” against the Intikane refugee camp in the Tahoua region, in Western Niger, at some 72 km from the Malian border. The camp hosts some 20,000 refugees and an additional 15,000 displaced Niger nationals. The UN refugee agency UNHCR strongly condemned the attack perpetrated Sunday and the […]
The Tunisian commission for the fight against covid-19 decided at a meeting Monday to re-open the country’s land, air, and sea borders on June 27 as the health crisis is coming under control. Tunisian returnees will be subject to a seven-day mandatory quarantine in a hotel at their own expense and an additional seven days […]
Member of European Parliament Ilhan Kyuchyuk has called on the EU to monitor the humanitarian aid the European bloc sends to the Sahrawis sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf Camps in Southern Algeria. In a written question to the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Mr. Kyuchyuk (member of Renew Europe group, previously known as Alliance […]
The merger between Atlanta Assurances and its subsidiary Sanad Assurances took effect Monday as both firms held a joint board meeting. Groupe Holmarcom, owner of the two firms, in a statement said Atlanta will engulf Sanad in a move that will enable the insurance service company to bolster its positioning in the insurance industry in […]
Libyan retired and rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar has accepted to go back to talks on ceasefire in Libya, the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Tuesday. “The United Nations Mission welcomes the parties in Libya accepting the resumption of the Joint Military Commission 5+5 talks,” UNSMIL said on Twitter. “It is hoped that […]
The Italian government is on the verge of rubber-stamping a large arm sale to Egypt as relations between the two countries warm up. The deal, which includes frigates, Eurofighter Typhoons, and a military satellite, has been already endorsed by the Ministry of Defense, La Republica reports. Italian and Egyptian media had reported earlier this year […]
Sensing their end is approaching after suffering successive international diplomatic setbacks in the Sahara issue and running out of excuses for failing to end the scathing living conditions of the sequestered Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps, the Polisario leaders are pulling their last rabbits from their hat hoping to continue their pointless show. In a […]
Despite an overall drop in exports up to April by 20%, Morocco’s exports of phosphates in particular maintained same level in the first quarter this year compared with the same period last year signaling the strategic importance of fertilizers to global food security. The state-owned OCP, one of the world’s biggest exporters of phosphates and […]
The Moroccan government is about to submit a draft law on working from home or any other locations away from the public administration in a move that comes after the coronavirus outbreak. The draft law will provide for conditions and terms for working away from the administration which can last for up to one year […]
Morocco launched an app that helps users detect covid-19 exposure and informs them when they get in contact with a positive case. The optional app was launched by the health and interior ministries in cooperation with other telecom agencies in the country to help monitor and avert the spread of the disease. The app, dubbed […]