Category: Headlines

Zambia loses a third of mining revenues to Covid-19

June 19, 2020

The mining industry in Zambia, the country's main provider of foreign exchange, brought in $60 to $65 million from February to April, compared to the ... Read More

Somalia, Somaliland sign a compromise after days of negotiation

June 19, 2020

A historic summit between Somalia and Somaliland ended Thursday in Djibouti with the signing of a five-point compromise including a code of conduct, a commitment ... Read More

Kenya to sit as non-permanent member at UN Security Council in 2021-2022

June 19, 2020

The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Kenya to fill an African seat on the Security Council in 2021-2022. Kenya will replace South Africa in ... Read More

Morocco takes part in UNHRC urgent debate on racism

June 18, 2020

The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday held an urgent debate on systemic racism and police brutality at the request of African countries amid the ... Read More

China-Africa Summit: Polisario & Algeria Suffer another Diplomatic Setback

June 18, 2020

The Chinese government has excluded the polisario from the extraordinary China-Africa summit 2020, dealing a hard blow to the polisario and Algerian rulers who are ... Read More

Royal humanitarian initiative, African solidarity on the move

June 18, 2020

The royal initiative to provide humanitarian aid to African countries to help them in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic has attracted world attention ... Read More

World Bank: Morocco’s Covid-19 mortality rate, one of the lowest in the World

June 18, 2020

Morocco has one of the lowest covid-19 fatality rates (deaths in proportion to total infections) in the world (less than 2.6 pc), while 90 pc ... Read More

Algeria steps up repression against Hirak activists amid COVID-19 lockdown (EuroMed Rights)

June 18, 2020

The EuroMed Rights NGO has condemned the use by the Algerian authorities of the COVID-19 lockdown as a pretext to continue their crackdown against pro-democracy ... Read More

Hundreds of stranded Moroccans returning home on Moroccan charter flights

June 18, 2020

A growing number of Moroccan nationals, who were stranded overseas due to the covid-19 global lockdown, are returning to their homeland aboard flag-carrier Royal Air ... Read More

Covid-19: World Bank lends Morocco $48 Mln to enhance health services

June 17, 2020

The World Bank has approved a $48-million loan to Morocco to enable the country mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic which has so far ... Read More