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The US, Canada and many European countries are trying to lure doctors including Moroccans to migrate offering them facilitated migration process and financial advantages as they seek to bridge the gap in physicians created by the coronavirus outbreak. French media said that there was a race between European laboratories and hospitals to attract Moroccan, Tunisian […]
US President Donald Trump officially appointed on Friday Morocco-born immunology expert Moncef Slaoui as head of the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine development team. Trump announced the appointment during a press briefing in the White House’s Rose Garden. The White House initiative aims to quickly develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines. Dr. Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, […]
President Donald Trump is planning to appoint GlaxoSmithKline executive and Moroccan-born US Moncef Slaoui to lead efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported. The US government plans to produce 300 million vaccine doses for the pandemic by the end of 2020 under a plan called “Operation Warp Speed.” Dr Slaoui, 60, joined GlaxoSmithKline in […]
The polisario diverts and resells the international humanitarian aid destined to the populations held against their will in the Tindouf camps, ignoring the current coronavirus health crisis. The remarks were made by Colonel Preston McLaughlin, an international expert in national security issues, during a TV program aired by Medi1TV channel Sunday. The mechanisms for distributing […]
The United States Government transferred, Wednesday, the ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces’ Special Operations (MSOF), the American embassy in Rabat said Thursday in a press release. The operation is valued at $1 million, the release added. The “Security Cooperation Office of the American Embassy and the Utah National Guard […]
The Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday the arrest in Barcelona of a radicalized Moroccan with ties to the terror ISIS group in a coordinated operation carried out with Morocco’s internal intelligence agency (DGST) and the FBI. According to Spanish investigators, the ISIS operative flouted the coronavirus lockdown in Spain “probably looking for targets”. He […]
Morocco’s impressive management of the coronavirus health crisis has been making the headlines of international media since the outbreak of the pandemic, receiving praise for its quick and sound response, and for the anticipation and leadership of its King. This Wednesday, the laudable comments were made by Spanish El Pais daily which pointed out that […]
Sudan Monday said the USA has approved its first ambassador to Washington in a sign of improved relations between the two countries. The Foreign Ministry in a statement said Washington has green-lighted the appointment of veteran diplomat Noureldin Sati as ambassador to the USA. US top diplomat Mike Pompeo had announced in December that the […]
The US government announced Friday that it has provided $5.7 million in aid to Morocco to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This aid includes $4 million from the Economic Support Fund (ESF) to support the socio-economic recovery among marginalized and vulnerable populations in urban and rural areas through a cash transfer program, […]
US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has donated personal protective equipment to lab technicians of Moroccan National Institute of Hygiene to enhance their protection against coronavirus pandemic. “This equipment goes directly to safeguarding the lives of Morocco’s healthcare workers who are on the front lines in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helping them to […]