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The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorists were killed in “a precision airstrike”, conducted near Al Uwaynat, in southern Libya, last Thursday. AFRICOM said three vehicles were destroyed. “In coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), U.S. Africa Command conducted a precision airstrike near […]
The online investment guide (iGuide) to Mauritania was officially launched in Nouakchott last week. Designed to provide intelligible, reliable and up-to-date information on the relevant laws, regulations, costs and opportunities, this investment promotion tool is now ready to serve the national and global investment community, reported the UN Economic Commission for Africa. The website covers […]
Morocco is on the list of the countries that may host the 2019 Africa Cup tournament after the Executive Committee of the African Football confederation decided that Cameroon will not host the continental tournament next June. The CAF Executive Committee said at a meeting last Friday that the situation in Cameroon was not that safe […]
Germany has called on stakeholders in the Sahara issue to have a constructive attitude at the round table to be held in Geneva December 5-6. The call was launched by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the end of talks Thursday in Berlin with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The German official stressed the “paramount […]
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has renewed his firm commitment to continue defending Al Quds and the Palestinian cause until the Palestinian people obtain their independence and “set up their independent state along the lines of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital”. In […]
King Mohammed VI’s call for Algeria to open a frank and direct dialogue to overcome divergences between the two neighboring countries continues to garner support at the international level. The support for the royal initiative was renewed on Thursday by the United Nations. “We have always been very supportive of increased dialogue between Algeria and […]
King Mohammed VI urged on Thursday the Government to refine the draft program on vocational training overhaul and to speed up the implementation of the industrial plan of Souss-Massa region. At a working session chaired by the Sovereign in Rabat to follow up the measures and actions taken to modernize the sector of vocational education, […]
The Council of the European Union adopted Thursday (Nov.29) in Brussels the new fisheries agreement with Morocco, European sources said. The council’s move comes just one day after the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the EU, known by its French acronym COREPER, approved the new fisheries agreement. The agreement needs to be ratified by the […]
Not content with its decision to close its land borders with Morocco since 1994, Algeria has just announced it deployed a barbed wire wall of nearly 6,000 km along its borders, equipped with surveillance cameras and tens of control towers. Moroccan Al Massae daily, which reported the news Thursday, commented that Algeria has sealed its […]
The Moroccan telecommunications operator has received the “Smart City Africa” award for its project of high speed wifi network in the Casablanca tramway, called “Wifi M3ak”. The prize was handed to Mrs. Nadia Fassi-Fehri, President and CEO of Inwi, at a ceremony in Paris Tuesday, on the sidelines of the Smart City Forum. Inwi’s “Wifi […]