Category: Headlines

Polisario suffers new setback in Spain with Supreme Court banning display of its ensign in public

June 3, 2020

Spain’s justice system has inflicted a new blow to the Polisario separatist front by prohibiting the display of its pennant in public buildings. The Spanish ... Read More

France donates Tunisia €80m to tackle fallout from covid-19

June 3, 2020

France Monday offered Tunisia a €80 million check to help the North African country tackle the covid-19 pandemic which has infected 1,087 and killed 49 ... Read More

Morocco maintains army modernization plan

June 3, 2020

Lockheed Martin has confirmed the start of the production of fighter jets and attack helicopters ordered by Morocco in an army modernization push that also ... Read More

COVID-19: A 100% Morocco-developed diagnostic kit

June 3, 2020

The Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), a Rabat-based research and development institution, has designed the first 100% Moroccan diagnostic kit for ... Read More

Morocco stops irrigation in water-stressed region

June 2, 2020

Morocco has stopped irrigating farmlands in Souss, one of the main agricultural regions, where dam storage rate dropped to 17%, agriculture minister said. Other regions ... Read More

Jihadist attack on a refugee camp in Niger kills three

June 2, 2020

Over 50 jihadists on motorbikes launched a "well-planned operation" against the Intikane refugee camp in the Tahoua region, in Western Niger, at some 72 km ... Read More

Tunisia to re-open borders on June 27

June 2, 2020

The Tunisian commission for the fight against covid-19 decided at a meeting Monday to re-open the country’s land, air, and sea borders on June 27 ... Read More

Sahara: MEP calls EU to monitor humanitarian aid sent to sequestered Sahrawis in Tindouf

June 2, 2020

Member of European Parliament Ilhan Kyuchyuk has called on the EU to monitor the humanitarian aid the European bloc sends to the Sahrawis sequestered in ... Read More

Morocco: Merger between Atlanta and Sanad insurance companies takes hold

June 2, 2020

The merger between Atlanta Assurances and its subsidiary Sanad Assurances took effect Monday as both firms held a joint board meeting. Groupe Holmarcom, owner of ... Read More

Libya: Haftar agrees to resume talks on ceasefire – UN reveals

June 2, 2020

Libyan retired and rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar has accepted to go back to talks on ceasefire in Libya, the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) ... Read More