Headlines Libya

Libya: Two car bomb attacks at funeral of Haftar’s military aid kill 6 people in Benghazi

Two cars exploded Thursday a military funeral in Eastern Libya killing six people including two soldiers and one police officer under the command of military rebel Khalifa Haftar, reports say. The car bombs exploded at the funeral of the former commander of Saiqa Force Khalifa Al-Mismari. The ceremony, the media reports, was attended by tens […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Morocco: Platinum Power & Chinese CFHEC ink deal for hydro-power projects across Africa

Platinum Power and Chinese state-run engineering company CFHEC have agreed partner in the financing and construction renewable energy projects across the African continent, reports say. Both companies during agreement signed in Beijing Wednesday, also to partner for the construction a $300 million hydropower plant in central Morocco, Platinum Power’s chief executive Omar Belmamoun told media. […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco: Spanish low budget airline Volotea adds Marrakech to destinations

Barcelona-based airline Volotea will launch from December and from the French city of Strasburg to the ochre city of Marrakech, which will become the second destination of low-budget airline in the kingdom. Volotea already operates route from Nantes, France, to the coastal city of Tangier. Strasburg-Marrakech route will be operated by one weekly flight every […]

Algeria Headlines Maghreb Morocco

Sahara : UN Adopts Electronic System to Monitor Humanitarian Aid in Tindouf

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to deploy an electronic system in the Tindouf camps to monitor the international humanitarian aid and prevent its embezzlement by the Polisario in connivance with some Algerian officials. The move is the first of its kind made by the United Nations to combat the misappropriation and diversion of […]

Africa Headlines International Morocco

Nairobi: Morocco “Concerned” Over Growing Terror Threats in Africa

Morocco has expressed “deep concerns” over the “alarming and growing” terrorism threats in the African continent where the situation is aggravated by various destabilizing factors.   Speaking at the two-day African regional high-level conference on terrorism, which opened Wednesday in Nairobi, Secretary of State to Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta said Africa is facing major security […]

Headlines Morocco

Fight against Terror: UN Praises Morocco’s Role & Input

Under Secretary-General of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov commended, on Wednesday in Nairobi, Morocco’s contributions to the efforts made by the international community and the United Nations in the fight against terrorism and the prevention of violent extremism.   During his meeting with Secretary of State to Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta, held on the […]

Algeria Headlines

Algeria: Army Chief backs interim President’s call for dialogue

The head of the Algerian army Wednesday threw his support behind interim President’s last week call a national and neutral dialogue in view of setting a date presidential elections. Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah’s call was rejected by new demonstrations and a forum of opposition parties and political activists on Saturday who demanded elections in six-month […]

Business Finance Headlines Tunisia

Tunisia raises 700 million euros on Eurobond market to fund 2019 fiscal budget deficit

Tunisia Wednesday said it succeeded in raising 700 million euros on the financial bond market with an interest rate of 6.37 per cent as it sought to borrow money to cover its 2019 fiscal budget deficit. The ministry of finance in a statement said the North African country will reimburse the bond over seven years. […]

Algeria Headlines Libya

Libya: Algerian FM denies Prime Minister’s hostile comments on Haftar

Algeria’s foreign ministry Wednesday denied Prime Minister’s criticism of Khalifa Haftar whom he said is nothing “compared to the holiness and greatness of Libya as well as to its regional and international significance”. Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi during a meeting with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) interior minister Fathi Pashagha was quoted for tirade […]

Europe Headlines International Maghreb Morocco

Le Monde: Morocco’s King, One of “Rare Heads of State with a Humanist Approach” on Migration

King Mohammed VI is one of the “rare Heads of State with a humanist approach” on migration issue, writes French daily Le monde in a story on the tragedy of migrants, including the dozens killed in the airstrike that has hit lately a migrant detention centre near the Libyan capital. In an Op-ed titled: “Migrants: […]