Category: Headlines

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow sacks army chief

March 12, 2020

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has replaced the head of the army, the presidency said in a statement.   The President “decided to relieve Lietenant General ... Read More

Zimbabwe: US blacklists 2 top officials over human rights abuse

March 12, 2020

The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe's state security minister and the country’s ambassador to Tanzania over human rights abuses.   Owen ... Read More

Polisario’s nightmare in Geneva

March 12, 2020

The polisario is living a nightmare these days in Geneva as members of the sahraoui population living in the Tindouf camps made the trip to ... Read More

Liberia joins other states, opens consulate in Moroccan Sahara

March 12, 2020

As announced last week by Liberia’s Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Findley during a visit to Rabat, Liberia has officially opened this Thursday its consulate in Dakhla. ... Read More

Mauritania: Business tycoon Bouamatou returns home after prosecution scraped charges

March 12, 2020

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, Mauritania’s most successful businessman, returned home from a decade-long exile, after corruption and fiscal fraud charges against him were dropped last month. ... Read More

Royal Air Maroc grounds third of its fleet due to covid-19 outbreak – Moroccan media

March 12, 2020

Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc grounded a third of its fleet as demand drops on the back of the surge of coronavirus cases worldwide ... Read More

Morocco has more mobile phone subscriptions than people, official statistics

March 12, 2020

Morocco has 46.67 million mobile phone subscribers, that is more than the entire population estimated at 40 million people.   The latest figures released by ... Read More

Algeria, a collateral in Saudi-Russian oil price war

March 12, 2020

Algeria could be one of the countries whose economy could crash on the back of low oil prices as a result of the price war ... Read More

Morocco: All religious gatherings (Moussems) cancelled over Coronavirus fears

March 12, 2020

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced on Wednesday the cancellation of all religious gatherings, locally known as moussems, to avoid the spread of ... Read More

Monitoring Committee to Evaluate Coronavirus Impact on Moroccan Economy

March 11, 2020

Just after the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi told Reuters and Bloomberg that Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in ... Read More