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The European Union launched Tuesday a new naval mission on the Mediterranean tasked to enforce the UN arm embargo imposed on Libya and violated by several counties, which have taken advantage of the chaos in the oil-rich African country. The mission, branded IRINI, is to begin its operations as of this April 1 and will […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a loan of €62.35 million to Côte d’Ivoire, the bank said in a statement. The funds are intended to finance the Project for the Strengthening of Electrical System Works and Access to Electricity (Proser). The AfDB grant will help finance the electrification of 1,388 rural localities in the […]
Since schools are closed in most African countries and remote teaching is not provided by all schools, many students have registered on online programs like the Khan Academy to continue learning from home. Most of these students are those who are in exam classes. Science, mathematics, languages, chemistry, physics…all subjects are available. Khan Academy is […]
Egyptian private airlines have called the civil aviation ministry to help them cope with losses incurred because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The ministry on its facebook page said chairmen of the companies have sought the ministry’s help to stop the bleeding of losses suffered by the private companies and help […]
Tunisian security forces arrested an Islamic State group (ISIS) sympathizer who was planning terror attacks against vital state institutions in the holy month of Ramadan scheduled to start late this month, the Tunisian interior ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The terrorist, according to the statement, has developed a plan targeting security establishments and vital […]
With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, many inhabitants of large African cities choose to flee and go back to their home villages. A movement of this kind has never been witnessed in Africa in peacetime. For several days now, hundreds of Malagasy people have been leaving the capital, Antananarivo, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
As Coronavirus pandemic is continuing its spread in Africa, banks and insurance companies offer their support to governments in fighting the pandemic. The pan-African banking group UBA, whose head office is in Nigeria, announced in a press release that it makes available to 20 African countries, a donation of 8 billion FCFA to enable these […]
Moroccan nationals continue to dominate for the 7th consecutive year the list of the recipients of the European Union citizenship, according to figures on naturalization in the European Union for 2018, released on Monday by the EU statistics agency Eurostat. In 2018, some 67,200 Moroccans received the citizenship of Spain, Italy or France, representing […]
Heads of state and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) adopted Monday a regional approach for the battle against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, which is ravaging nations across the globe. This came at an Extraordinary Summit via video conference during which IGAD heads of state and government discussed the strategy to […]
UAE Monday proposed the postponement to next year of the six-month Expo 2020 Dubai scheduled this year, at the request of participating countries over the global Covid-19 health crisis. Reem Al Hashemy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General, Expo 2020 Dubai, Monday said the organizing committee has consulted participating countries about […]