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Nadia Hai who was named Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the newly invested French government has carved a brilliant career successfully shifting from Finance after standing out in politics. She was raised along with her three siblings by her working class father and stay-at-home mom both of Moroccan descent from […]
Egypt’s embassy in Germany Tuesday announced that the country’s national carrier, EgyptAir, has resumed flights to and from Egypt four months after suspension over covid-19 pandemic. The embassy said, in a statement, the national flag carrier has already resumed flights from Berlin and Frankfurt airports on July 1, Ahram online reports. Egypt in March grounded […]
The European Union has earmarked six million euros, or 65 billion Guinean francs, for the response to the coronavirus epidemic in Guinea, under a contract signed on Monday with the NGO Alima (Alliance for International Medical), announced the European delegation in a statement. The funds should be injected in a project related to the health […]
Morocco rejected the response sent by Amnesty International’s regional director for MENA region Heba Morayef after the head of the government requested the NGO to provide material proof for its allegations that authorities spied on journalist Omar Radi. Amnesty’s response relayed the same argument included in its June 22 report assuming that authorities spied on […]
The European commission congratulated Morocco on its coronavirus response, which spared the country thousands of deaths and protected its health infrastructure through a mix of lockdown measures and social and economic support. “Morocco is not only a close neighbor, the country is also a stable and trusted partner that has acted rapidly to contain the […]
Spain said that it will only open borders with Morocco if the latter allows people from Spain enter its territories. The condition, which was also imposed on Algeria and China, comes after the EU listed Morocco among 15 countries whose nationals can access Schengen space. The Spanish insistence on reciprocity means that the millions of […]
The issue of the diversion by Algeria and the Polisario of the European Union’s humanitarian aid destined to to the Tindouf camps populations has been officially referred to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE) on Thursday. At a hearing of the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, held at the European Parliament in […]
Morocco deplored the biased approach adopted by Amnesty International, which alleged Moroccan authorities spied on a journalist Omar Radi without being able to provide proof. Amnesty proceeded to an international defamation campaign mobilizing dozens of international papers which relayed the report without fact-checking to harm Morocco’s reputation, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said at a joint […]
The French Development Agency (AFD) will extend the Moroccan National Ports Agency (ANP) a loan worth €100 million loan (MAD 1.1 billion) destined to improve the competitiveness of Moroccan ports. The loan agreement was signed Thursday in Rabat in the presence of French ambassador to Morocco, Helene Le Gal. The two sides, which also signed […]
Algeria and its puppet, the Polisario Front, continue to divert the humanitarian aid sent by the EU for the populations in the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, revealed an investigative article published by London-based news outlet EUToday. “Unfortunately, and despite promises from the European Commission to put an end to the diversion of humanitarian aid sent […]