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The controversial Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is due to open in the next few months is just one example of China’s increasing investment in health care on the African continent since the pandemic as it builds what analysts and Beijing call a ‘Health Silk Road’. According to […]
The Spanish national police announced on Monday the arrest of two Algerian nationals in Mallorca (Balearic Islands), accused of transporting illegal migrants to the Spanish coast. The arrested persons, aged 19 and 27, are suspected of having transported, last Wednesday (October 5), 15 people, including minors, from the Algerian coasts to Spain in inhuman conditions, […]
The French shipping company CMA CGM announced that it intends to launch a new maritime Shuttle, from November 10, 2022, which will connect Morocco, France and Spain, on a weekly basis. The French shipping company CMA CGM announced, in a press release, the launch of the new Morocco Shuttle service, departing from the port of […]
The contribution of African gas, through the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline project, would strengthen Europe’s energy independence, a necessary precondition for its strategic autonomy, says Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS), Jamal Machrouh. In a policy brief, the academic puts forward six arguments to support the existence and relevance of such an […]
General Mahamat Idriss Déby vowed Sunday to free all prisoners in a major move that will seal the national dialogue launched August 20 in a bid to reconcile all Chadians. “Whether on peace, social cohesion and national reconciliation, the form of the State, the Constitution, institutional reforms and the electoral process, fundamental rights and freedoms, […]
China’s ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire has expressed Beijing’s desire to see the West African country introduce Mandarin in schools as the Asian country seeks to boost ties with Abidjan. “The Embassy will continue to work closely with relevant parties and strengthen communication with the Ivorian government to strive for the inclusion of Chinese language teaching […]
International experts have denounced, in New York, the proven links of the armed separatist group polisario with terrorism and organized crime in the Sahel-Saharan region, warning that the Algeria-backed idea to have a micro-state in the Maghreb is dangerous, and will plunge the whole region in unprecedented violence. The Sahel-Saharan region is a major area […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, has chaired this Saturday at the Hassan Mosque in Rabat, a religious ceremony marking Aid Al-Mawlid Annabawi Asharif which commemorates the birth of Prophet Sidna Mohammed. The Sovereign was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and his son Prince Moulay Ahmed and Prince Moulay […]
National Security and Territorial Surveillance Director General Abdellatif Hammouchi on Friday received the Commander-in-Chief of the Abu Dhabi Police, Major General Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, currently visiting Morocco at the head of a large security delegation. This meeting was an opportunity to review the levels of security cooperation and areas of police coordination on various […]
Morocco has sounded the alarm over the proliferation of terrorist acts in Africa, which counts 19 separatist movements, and which is the second region of the world where terrorism strikes most often and, above all, indiscriminately. This came in the address delivered Friday by Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, during the ministerial meeting of the […]