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Rwanda’s government has started spraying insecticide in mosquito breeding sites using drones, local media reported. According to the head of the malaria division at Rwanda Biomedical Center, the drones are loaded with 10 liters of an insecticide that kills mosquitoes at their larval stage. Dr Mbituyumuremyi said “the unmanned aerial vehicles are going to […]
King Mohammed VI chaired, Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a working session devoted to the situation of Moroccan citizens in the Chinese province of Wuhan, quarantined by the Chinese authorities because of the coronavirus, and ordered their repatriation, said the Royal Office in a statement. About one hundred Moroccan nationals, mainly students, […]
King Mohammed VI presided, on Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, over a ceremony on an integrated program destined to support and finance enterprises. The ceremony was also marked by the signing of three agreements related to the program. King Mohammed VI is thus following up on the call he launched last October at […]
Trucks loaded with embezzled humanitarian aid that is supposed to benefit Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps are now stranded on the Algerian Mauritanian borders. In a move to end embezzlement by the Polisario separatists who have been trading in the suffering of the civilian Sahraouis in Tindouf camps for decades, […]
Morocco’s agricultural exports rose by 97% to 57.7 billion dirhams (over 3 million tons) between 2010 and 2019, Morocco’s export agency Foodex said. Agricultural exports represented 21% of overall Moroccan exports in 2018, it said. Separately, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said Morocco is lowering the vulnerability of its economy to rainfall, […]
The government of China has vowed to spare no effort to ensure the safety and protection of Moroccans living in China, especially in the city of Wuhan and Hubei province, said Sunday evening the Moroccan embassy in Beijing. The Chinese government will do “everything to ensure the safety, health and well-being of Moroccan nationals residing […]
World football governing body, FIFA, Sunday officially backed the kingdom of Morocco to host the 2020 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) futsal tournament in Laayoune, noting that the city to welcome the championship is Moroccan. FIFA’s endorsement, posted on Twitter, deals a blow to both Algeria and South Africa, which lobbied the African football governing […]
An Ivorian unnamed student, who returned to Côte d’Ivoire coming from Beijing on Saturday, is undergoing further tests after showing flu-like symptoms. The 34-year-old woman is currently in isolation, the health ministry said. If confirmed, it will be the first case of the deadly virus in Africa. The virus, which first emerged in the Chinese […]
In Mali, about 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday. According to the government, the identity of the attackers was not established yet. “Terrorists” entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused “significant material damage,” the government said in a […]
Burundi’s ruling party has named its secretary general, Maj Gen Evariste Ndayishimiye, as its presidential candidate in elections in May, to succeed outgoing Pierre Nkurunziza. Earlier this month, Pierre Nkurunziza, a Hutu former rebel leader and incumbent president announced that he would not run for another term. The parliament last week voted to pay him […]