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Noureddine Taboubi, the Secretary General of Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT, Monday laid into the government of President Kais Saied for succumbing to the International Monetary Fund and pledging to relinquish control of some state-run companies, including a bank and a factory. The government “recently made a commitment to the International Monetary Fund to sell […]
Algeria, the host of the Arab League summit to take place on Nov 2, has to brace for an Arab League resolution condemning Iran’s destabilizing acts in the east and the west of the Arab world. A motion in this regard was put forward by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita who proposed the inclusion […]
A new air route between Warsaw and Marrakech was launched this Monday, as part of the development of tourist exchanges between Morocco and Poland. Two weekly flights, every Monday and Friday, operated by low-cost airline “Wizzair”, will connect Warsaw Chopin and Marrakech Menara airports, a statement from Morocco’s Embassy in Poland said. This new air […]
The Moroccan delegation taking part at a preparatory meeting of the Arab Summit in Algiers has condemned in the strongest terms the use by an Algerian TV station of a map of the Arab World other than the one accredited by the Arab League. The Moroccan delegation made it clear during the preparatory meeting […]
The latest UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara dealt another blow to Algeria which took two days to react with a timid statement stating its usual pro-separatist stands and an anachronism verging on illusions to see the UN return to unfeasible referendum option. The Algerian foreign ministry issued its statement rejecting the UN resolution […]
Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, a Natural Sciences and Physics professor at Université Mohammed V de Rabat, has featured among the world’s 200 most influential scientists on AD (Alper-Doger) Scientific Index 2023. The 68-year old woman who is also laureate of L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her work on the Higgs Boson, stands on […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern at Russia’s decision to suspend its involvement in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world. On Saturday, Russia announced that it was suspending its involvement in the deal, citing an […]
The African Union (AU) has said it was worried about the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebels have made fresh gains and the country’s authorities responded by expelling the Rwandan Ambassador in Kinshasa, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels. In a joint statement, AU Chairman Macky […]
Egypt has announced granting ‘golden licenses’ to investor applicants in the north African country for a period of three months, in a bid to speed up projects and boost investment, reports say. The license will allow investors to buy or rent lands, operate and manage the projects and allocate the necessary facilities with just a […]
The Moroccan Embassy in South Korea said on Sunday that no Moroccan national was among the victims of the deadly stampede that took place Saturday evening in Seoul. In the aftermath of the tragic stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul’s Itaewon district on Saturday night, which left more than 150 dead and dozens injured, the […]