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The headquarters in Rabat of the regional hub of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) destined for counterterrorism training and cooperation in Africa were inaugurated Thursday at a ceremony attended by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and, by videoconference or in person, by a number of senior UN officials and representatives of the diplomatic […]
Will Africans be able to travel to Europe this summer? For now, at least, most of them still cannot travel to France and most EU countries, despite the reopening of borders. Only vaccines already approved by the European Medicines Agency are currently accepted on the “health pass” of the 27. The Covishield vaccine is […]
Morocco’s mining leader Managem said it has produced a first gold bar at its Tri-K mine in Guinea, where it started gold production on June 23. Managem expects to produce 130,000 ounces of gold annually. The company has announced earlier this year that it will start production at the mine where reserves exceed 1.56 million […]
Morocco and the US ended the 2021 African Lion drills on June 17 with tactical exercises using live ammunition to improve interoperability of the participating armies near Tan Tan. The last segment of the African Lion drills focused on honing the combat preparedness and responsiveness of Moroccan and US artilleries. A key part of the […]
Morocco’s active solidarity in favor of the least developed countries (LDCs) is a central aspect of the African policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The King’s commitment has been materialized again in the context of the coronavirus health crisis, noted Bourita who was speaking during the High-level debate of the […]
The dispute over the Moroccan Sahara must be rethought to allow the African Union (AU) to rehabilitate itself and get out of this situation which has lasted for nearly 50 years, said Senegalse officer and diplomat General El Hadji Alioune Samba. We must “rethink the problem of the Sahara to allow the African Union […]
A man described as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (EIGS) has been captured by French forces in Mali, in a joint Nigerien-French operation against the group’s militants. Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on June 11 in the flashpoint “tri-border” region between Niger, Mali and […]
OCP Maintenance Solutions, a subsidiary of the state-owned Moroccan phosphate group, has teamed with American Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide innovative solutions, integrating industrial expertise, digital and artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial groups in Africa and beyond. The two sides have sealed a partnership to combine their respective expertise in AI and data […]
The new Prime Minister of the Malian transition, Choguel Maïga, met Tuesday with members of the National Workers’ Union of Mali (UNTM), the country’s largest trade union, which has been making a series of demands for months. The case of the compressed workers of the former state enterprises, the harmonization of the index grids […]
At the end of a nine-year term, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, hands over the reins of the international justice agency to British Karim Khan this Wednesday, June 16. The Gambian magistrate was elected to reconcile Africa with the ICC. During her tenure, Fatou Bensouda has rarely visited the sites of […]