Category: Headlines

COVID-19: Trump officially appoints Moroccan Moncef Slaoui head of Operation Warp Speed

May 16, 2020

US President Donald Trump officially appointed on Friday Morocco-born immunology expert Moncef Slaoui as head of the White House's COVID-19 vaccine development team. Trump announced ... Read More

Morocco starts repatriating its citizens stranded in Melilla

May 15, 2020

The Moroccan government authorized the repatriation as of this Friday May 15 of the Moroccans who have been stranded in the Spanish enclave of Melilla ... Read More

Kabyle music Icon Idir buried in Paris instead of his homeland

May 15, 2020

Icon of Amazigh music in Algeria, Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, has been buried in Paris instead of his beloved Kabyle region after the ... Read More

Sofitel Agadir to close business end of June

May 15, 2020

Sofitel Royal Bay in the Moroccan southern Atlantic coastal city of Agadir will cease operating on June 30 as the lease contract comes to an ... Read More

Facebook to build internet infrastructure in Africa

May 15, 2020

Facebook announced it will cooperate with a consortium of telecom businesses to build, 2Africa, the Africa internet infrastructure. 2Africa will involve Alcatel Submarine Networks, China ... Read More

Egypt’s Suez Canal Bank to pull out of Middle East Oil Refinery

May 15, 2020

The publicly listed company, Suez Canal Bank, says it will withdraw entirely from Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor), Zawya reports. The operation will generate $30.4 ... Read More

Air France asked to scrap ads on resumption of flights to Senegal

May 15, 2020

Senegal has asked French national carrier to remove on its website ads that it will resume flying to the West African country as of June ... Read More

Burundi: stockbroker Jackon Simbananiye assassinated a week before presidential election

May 15, 2020

Burundi's biggest stockbroker, Jackon Simbananiye, better known as Kirahwata, was assassinated less than a week before presidential elections. Jackon Simbananiye was abducted Wednesday evening as ... Read More

Morocco’s King commends efforts made by Royal Army in fight against COVID-19 spread

May 14, 2020

King Mohammed VI, Supreme Head and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), commended the efforts made by the various components of ... Read More

Polisario extremely distraught by dissidents’ challenging moves

May 14, 2020

The Polisario leaders are extremely irked by the rising and challenging actions made by “the Movement of Sahrawis for Peace” (MSP), set up lately in ... Read More