The Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group has left Libya after forces of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) took over the strategic Al-Watiya airbase, a local mayor said. Salem Alaywan, mayor of the town of Bani Walid, told a local television channel that three planes took off with Wagner elements. A UN Libya sanction […]
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Sudan: Nearly $4 billion seized from former President al-Bashir & clan
Since the former president of Sudan was arrested 13 months ago, seizures have been regular with him and his former collaborators. Few days after his arrest, nearly $130 million was found on his property, hidden in bags. Since then, the assets of his party, friends and relatives and the media close to him have either […]
COVID-19: IBRD grants Tunisia €18.3m loan
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, has lent Tunisia €18.3 million earmarked for the fight against the COVID-19 health crisis. The Tunisian cabinet Friday validated the loan, which was signed on May 11. The North African country needs $157 million in addition to external sources to roll out anti-covid-19 national policy. The IBRD […]
Morocco wins three gold medals at Euroinvent fair
Morocco won three gold medals at the European Innovation Fair, Euroinvent, held online at the city of Iasi in Romania May 21 to 23. The three gold medals were grabbed by the Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences (EMSI) for its flagship inventions “Genius water pipeline for buildings”; “Smart Micro-wind for Highway”; and “Smart Hospital Management,” […]
First group of Moroccans Stranded in Ceuta repatriated
The repatriation of Moroccans stranded in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melillia continued Friday bring back home some 300 Moroccans from Ceuta. After an initial repatriation operation from Melillia was carried out last weekend, some 300 other people were repatriated from Ceuta on Friday. According to Moroccan authorities, around 150 to 200 other Moroccans are […]
Will Covid-19 propel a brain drain of Moroccan physicians?
The US, Canada and many European countries are trying to lure doctors including Moroccans to migrate offering them facilitated migration process and financial advantages as they seek to bridge the gap in physicians created by the coronavirus outbreak. French media said that there was a race between European laboratories and hospitals to attract Moroccan, Tunisian […]
Despite Algeria-polisario maneuvers, Moroccanness of Sahara remains unequivocal
The Moroccanness of the Sahara remains unequivocal, immutable and irreversible, despite the hostile maneuvers hatched by Algeria and the polisario, said French Lawyer Hubert Seillan. The Sahara is Moroccan and cannot be anything else than that, he said in an interview with a local news outlet. He affirmed that the Moroccanness of the Sahara has […]
Covid-19: Morocco’s ventilator “iVent” goes into clinical trials
The ventilator developed by Moroccan scientists for critically-ill covid-19 patients is currently undergoing clinical tests to prove its efficiency, safety and performance. Dubbed “iVent, this breathing machine, which has become a hot commodity with the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, has been made by a team of Moroccan experts from Research Institute for Solar Energy and […]
Morocco’s coronavirus transmission rate drops to 0.8
The number of people a coronavirus positive case can infect dropped to 0.8 nationwide amid a partial confinement that runs until June 10. Prime Minister Saad Eddine EL Othmani had said that easing the lockdown hinges on lowering the transmission rate and the mortality rate, which now stands below 3%. By Friday, industrial clusters continued […]
COVID-19: Four Moroccan university projects selected to receive AUF grants
Four Covid-19 related projects designed by four Moroccan universities have been selected by l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) to receive grants from the agency’s €1 million fund for COVID-19 research, AUF said in a press release issued this Friday. The Moroccan projects are among 92 projects from 87 member institutions in 44 countries that […]