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Libyan lawmaker kidnapped last month for criticizing east-based military commander, Khalifa Haftar, was allegedly killed by her abductors reportedly linked to the renegade military leader. Siham Sirgiwa, a member of the Benghazi-based House of Representatives (HoR), has been unaccounted for since early July after she criticized in a TV interview Haftar’s ongoing offensive to take […]
Tanzanian Minister of energy Dr Medard Kalemani has warned the public utility Tanzania Electric Supplying Company Limited (Tanesco) that they will face the government wrath if the company fail to connect new customers. According to the minister since the customers are paying, Tanesco should always make sure that there are enough electric poles to connect […]
Morocco is among Africa’s best performing countries in industry, scientific research and infrastructure, said Head of the government Saad Eddine EL Othmani. Morocco comes on top of African rankings for best highways and motorways as well as best rail network and largest ports, said El Othmani. “This is the result of well-thought strategies,” he said, […]
Morocco’s National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) has decided to grant compensations to dozens of people, including civilian victims abducted by the Polisario. According to a statement released this Sunday (August 4), the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) will issue next Tuesday and Wednesday (August 6 and 7) arbitral decisions in favor of several […]
President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner, who is touring the Middle East region to push for the controversial US peace plan, made on Thursday a stopover in Rabat where he is believed to have conferred with Moroccan officials, according to local web site le360. Nothing has been disclosed about these talks. This is the second […]
The exceptional Moroccan-French partnership has been strengthened further under the reign of King Mohammed VI, said French President Emmanuel Macron in a congratulation message sent to the Moroccan Sovereign on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his enthronement. President Macron expressed hope that the partnership between the two countries will continue to flourish […]
King Mohammed VI has appointed Abdelali Belkacem Director of the Royal Protocol and Chancellery. The announcement was made by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery in a statement made public Friday. King Mohammed VI has appointed Abdelali Belkacem, Special Advisor to the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, Director of […]
The Moroccan football federation, FRMF, is likely to unveil former manager of Algeria’s football national team as the new coach of Atlas Lions in replacement of Hervé Renard who signed for Saudi Arabia. Vahid Halilhodžić, who has found agreement to terminate his contract with French top league club, Nantes, has been hand-picked by the FRMF […]
On the twentieth anniversary of his rule, King Mohammed paid tribute to a patriotic leader who served the homeland with abnegation, former prime minister Abderrahmane EL Youssoufi. Royal Tribute In an address to 1839 newly graduated officers from various military and paramilitary institutes, King Mohammed VI baptised the cohort after Abderrahmane El youssoufi in tribute […]
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was sworn-in Thursday as Mauritania’s new leader in replacement of Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, in the presence of several African heads of state. King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration ceremony by Head of the Government Saad Eddine El Otmani who conveyed to the new president the Monarch’s greetings and congratulations, […]