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An economic partnership agreement aimed at bringing together the Moroccan and Congolese business communities was signed Tuesday in Rabat between the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIS) of the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region and that of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Under this agreement, the two parties vow to establish an economic partnership to discover […]
Mohamad El-Gharawi, a staff member of the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum was killed in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Egyptian Foreign ministry announced this Monday. Gharawi was slain on the way from his residence to the embassy headquarters to follow up on evacuation procedures for Egyptians […]
Congo and Angola have exempted officials, holders of diplomatic or public passports, of both countries of visa requirement in a move to facilitate mobility. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, Congo’s top diplomat and his Angolan counterpart Tete António signed the agreement in the framework of the 8th joint cooperation committee between the two countries held in […]
Moroccan nationals will be repatriated from Sudan as the security situation in this country is deteriorating. Following the recent events in Sudan and the deterioration of the security situation in this brotherly country, King Mohammed VI, has given his high instructions to ensure the repatriation of Moroccan nationals from this country, the Ministry of Foreign […]
Newsweek has affirmed that the Algerian regime supports the Polisario armed militia with money, weapons and military training, noting that the world does not need another crisis in North Africa. Rabat and Algiers are locked into a decades-long struggle over the Sahara, said the U.S. magazine in an Op-Ed authored by Gordon Chang who described […]
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres warned Monday against a ‘catastrophic conflagration’ within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond, calling for a permanent halt of the violence. Speaking at the Security Council, Guterres called on the parties to the conflict to stop combat operations in densely populated areas and to allow unhindered […]
Police at the Marrakesh-Menara International Airport arrested on Sunday a Brazilian couple aged 26 and 29, for trying to smuggle in 1 kg and 260 g of cocaine inside their stomach. The extracted hard drug was packed inside 100 capsules, swallowed by the Brazlian couple. The suspects were apprehended upon arrival aboard a flight from […]
Côte d’Ivoire has secured two loans worth nearly €560 million from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the financing of two development projects. The first credit, 282.8 million euros, concerns inclusive sustainable development project for secondary cities while the second estimated at 276.9 million euros will be used to finance the […]
Burundi authorities have arrested former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, who was on the run following an arrest warrant in connection to alleged coup against incumbent leader Evariste Ndayishimiye. The Eastern African country’s ministry of Justice announced Sunday the arrest of Bunyoni who was sacked in September. “Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is currently in the hands […]
The Egyptian Foreign ministry Sunday said one member of its staff at the country’s mission in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has sustained injuries after suffering from a gunshot. Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for the ministry did not name the staff member and urged Egyptians in Sudan to exercise the utmost caution amid the ongoing fighting […]