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Moroccan citizen Mouad Hajji could take up the African Football Confederation’s strategic position of Secretary General next week in replacement of the incumbent role player Amr Fahmy who faces a dismissal over alleged leakage of confidential documents. Moroccan e-journal le360, citing an Egyptian source within the African football governing body, says Hajji who currently works […]
The United States has revoked the entry visa of the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, her office has said on Thursday. Fatou Bensouda has been investigating allegations of war crimes by US forces and their allies in Afghanistan despite a warning issued by Washington last month to refuse or revoke visas to any ICC staff […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to build one million water tanks in Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso to address the water deficit experienced by these Sahel nations. Water is becoming increasingly scarce in Sahel countries, which often already suffer from a structural shortage of water infrastructure. FAO’s initiative will provide some 20,000 women […]
Algeria has shown reluctancy to support its southern neighbors in their joint efforts to counter terrorism through the G5 force, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent study. Algeria “has shown itself willing to export security threats to Mali to secure its own territory and safeguard its oil and gas exploitation sites,” […]
The roadmap for the promotion of vocational training in Morocco has been presented to King Mohammed VI at a meeting he chaired Thursday in Rabat. The roadmap provides inter-alia for the setting up of “des cités de métiers”, platforms of professions and skills, in each of the twelve regions of the Kingdom. The Cities will […]
Gambia’s National Assembly has ratified the agreement that seeks to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Twenty-two signatures were the minimum threshold required to approve the deal among the 55 member states of the African Union. With Gambia’s ratification, the continent’s free trade agreement has drawn enough signatures to go into operation. The […]
Morocco has created 405,496 jobs thanks to projects launched under the umbrella of the industrial acceleration plan, Minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy said. With such a figure, the plan launched in 2014 has met 81% of its goal to create 500,000 employment opportunities by 2020, said the industry minister. The plan also aims at bringing […]
France and Germany have joined their voices to the numerous declarations having hailed the joint call launched by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, and his Holiness Pope Francis on Jerusalem/Al-Quds Al-Sharif, cradle of the three monotheistic religions. In Berlin, the spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry said Thursday “The German government commends the […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has reaffirmed the African Union’s full backing to the decision adopted by the African summit of Nouakchott on the Sahara and UN efforts made to reach a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional conflict. The report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security […]
The Libyan Presidential Council (PC) led by designated Prime Minister Faiez Serraj has ordered the mobilization of all its aligned forces to block the advance of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) to the western region of the country in view of “numbing terrorists”. Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman and leader of the LNA, which […]