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Morocco’s army has denied claims it is building a military base near its eastern border with Algeria, saying it is only planning the building of a military barracks. “The Royal Armed Forces, as part of a global relocation project of military barracks with the aim of liberating urban land, across the kingdom, is building a […]
UGTT rejects any foreign intervention in Libya from Tunisian territory. The US military command for Africa, AFRICOM, has denied reports it is seeking to deploy a brigade in Tunisia to counter Russia’s influence in neighboring Libya. The offer to deploy the US Security Force Assistance Brigades in Tunisia over Russia’s activities in Libya […]
Gunmen opened fire on traders and customers at the Kompiembiga cattle market, 15 kilometers from the town of Pama on the Fada-Pama road in the east of Burkina Faso on Saturday 30 May. At least 25 civilians were killed in the attack, which is attributed to armed terrorist groups, according to the regional governor. A […]
Morocco has bought 2 million rapid test kits for 212 million dirhams (21.2 million dollars), the health ministry said. The test meets the technical criteria and matches Moroccan laboratories equipments which will cut additional costs, the ministry said. This comes as Morocco raised significantly its testing capacity to 10,000 daily with over 200,000 tests carried […]
Morocco has just lost an illustrious leader who left a lasting stamp in Morocco’s contemporary history as a statesman trusted by two kings who enjoys the respect of the Moroccan people and the political class as a statesman devoted to serving the fatherland both in office and in the opposition. His death came at a […]
Morocco, which is one of the 15 partner countries from outside the EU of the Coronavirus Global Response campaign launched by the European Commission, has expressed full support for this global action for universal access to affordable coronavirus vaccination, treatment and testing, and made a contribution of €3 million. President of the European Commission Ursula […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of guidelines to help tourism sector emerge stronger and more sustainably from COVID-19. The guidelines highlight the need to act decisively, to restore confidence and, as UNWTO strengthens its partnership with Google, to embrace innovation and the digital transformation of global tourism. The new guidelines, […]
Morocco has started this Saturday the repatriation of some 300 Moroccans stranded in Algeria for over two months, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, local media reported. A first plane of Moroccan carrier RAM took off from Houari Boumediene airport with 100 passengers on board, heading to Oujda. Two other flights, each carrying […]
The European Union transferred a grant of €157 million (MAD 1.7 billion) to Morocco on Monday, May 26, to help the country in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed more grants by the end of 2020 to total €300 million. The amount was injected into Morocco’s Special Fund for the Management and Response […]
King Mohammed VI has pointed out that he had been deeply saddened by the passing away of Abderrahmane El-Youssoufi, whose death is a considerable loss, not only for his family, but also for his country, which lost one of its most valiant men. In a message of condolences to Hélène El-Youssoufi, widow of the former […]