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A landmark Moroccan law guaranteeing public access to information entered into force this Thursday. The move is a major forward step enhancing the country’s democratic transition, good governance and transparency. Under the new law stipulated in the Constitution of 2011, public authorities, courts, public administrations or private establishments offering public service… are obliged to publish […]
Moroccan university professor Fatima Roumate has been appointed by UNESCO member of the international experts group to draft global recommendations on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The 24-member international experts group is composed of the world’s leading experts on social, economic and cultural challenges of artificial intelligence. They are tasked with elaborating internationally applicable recommendations […]
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has replaced the head of the army, the presidency said in a statement. The President “decided to relieve Lietenant General Masanneh Kinteh of his duties as Chief of Defense Staff of The Gambian Armed Forces,” the statement read. Gen. Kinteh hands over to Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Major […]
The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister and the country’s ambassador to Tanzania over human rights abuses. Owen Ncube, Zimbabwe’s state security minister, was blacklisted over accusations that he ordered security services to abduct and mistreat members of the opposition group, the Treasury Department said in a statement. […]
The polisario is living a nightmare these days in Geneva as members of the sahraoui population living in the Tindouf camps made the trip to the European capital to reveal the truth about the everyday life in these camps where abuse and torture are common practice. Last week, Sahrawi activist & human rights defender, El […]
As announced last week by Liberia’s Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Findley during a visit to Rabat, Liberia has officially opened this Thursday its consulate in Dakhla. FM Findley traveled again to Morocco to chair the official opening ceremony of this diplomatic representation. When announcing Liberia’s plan to further broaden its consular services to the […]
Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, Mauritania’s most successful businessman, returned home from a decade-long exile, after corruption and fiscal fraud charges against him were dropped last month. The owner of GBM bank and the BSA group landed in capital Nouakchott Monday night onboard a private jet, Le360.ma reports. Bouamatou fled Mauritania in early 2010 after falling out […]
Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc grounded a third of its fleet as demand drops on the back of the surge of coronavirus cases worldwide with immediate ramification on tourism and international bookings. Le 360 news outlet, citing unnamed sources, said the Moroccan airline has immobilized 20 aircrafts out of 58 airplanes it operates. The […]
Morocco has 46.67 million mobile phone subscribers, that is more than the entire population estimated at 40 million people. The latest figures released by telecoms regulator ANRT show that mobile phone penetration rate last year was 131.14%, noting that subscriptions in mobile phone services operated by the three main companies rose 20.54% last year. […]
Algeria could be one of the countries whose economy could crash on the back of low oil prices as a result of the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia escalated its oil price war with Russia on Tuesday as its state-owned company pledged to supply a record 12.3 million barrels a day […]