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Morocco has started administering a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine this Monday Oct. 4, in a bid to further reinforce collective immunity. People who took Covid-19 vaccine shots over six months ago will be contacted first through SMS to take a third jab, the health ministry said in a statement. It said targeted categories […]
Agricultural sciences and new technologies offer an “enormous potential” to Morocco for the development of the farming sector, said, Thursday in New York, permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale. “Today, these sciences and technologies are helping to increase the production of small and medium farmers as well as helping to produce more […]
Moroccan insurance and real-estate company Holmarcom seeks to buy stakes held by Paris-based Credit Agricole in its Moroccan branch Credit du Maroc. In a statement, Holmarcom said it has started negotiations but added that there is no “uncertainty”. The deal, if completed, will bolster Holmarcom standing as one of leading insurance companies in the country […]
Lawyer Marthe Wandou, a Cameroonian advocate for children threatened by jihadism and Boko Haram, was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize on Wednesday, which is intended as an “alternative Nobel”. Ms. Wandou is being honored for her work on child protection and community empowerment “in the face of terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake […]
The border between Guinea and Senegal, which has been closed since last year, following a decision by former Head of State Alpha Conde, was reopened. The closure decision on internal security concerns had affected economic activities between the two countries. This lock between the two countries has resulted mainly in the organization of clandestine trafficking […]
Morocco is taking part remotely in the 42nd Ordinary session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union, which opened works on Tuesday in Addis Ababa. During the meeting, the permanent representatives to AU will look into several reports related to Africa Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC), multilateral cooperation, AU […]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday nominated John Nkengasong, one of Africa’s foremost public health experts, to serve as an ambassador-at-large at the State Department, overseeing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was announced by the White House in an official statement. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Nkengasong, a U.S. […]
The South African Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), in its latest “Where to invest in Africa” report, identifies Morocco as the second country on the continent with best investment-attractiveness thanks to its stability. The author of the report, RMB Africa Economist Daniel Kavishe indicated that Morocco’s economy continues to benefit from political stability. He also highlighted […]
The kingdom of Morocco is ranked 4th African country on Global Innovation Index 2021 (GII2021) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies, and tracks the most recent global innovation trends. Globally, Morocco ranks 77th, a poorer performance in comparison with the previous year’s ranking of 75th. […]
The Malian National Transitional Council adopted on Thursday a bill to create a War College. The CNT, which acts as a legislative assembly during the transition period, voted for the creation of the school, which is intended to strengthen the national security arsenal, in particular to train future Malian army officers. The EGM, the Mali […]