Makhtar Diop, former World Bank Vice President for Africa, has just been appointed head of the IFC, the International Finance Corporation, the private...

Moroccan researcher prepares universal preemptive vaccine for all types of coronaviruses
As deaths linked to COVID-19 break records day after day, Americans are discovering an outstanding Moroccan scientist, who is on the verge of developi...

Morocco looks to South Korea for bio-pharmaceutical technology transfer
Moroccan native Dr Samir Machour, senior vice President at South Korea’s Samsung Biologics was tasked with identifying and negotiating on behalf of Mo...

South Africa: Andrew Mlangeni, last survivor of Rivonia trial, dies at 95
South Africa has just lost another great figure of the struggle against apartheid. Andrew Mlangeni passed away in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday....

Who is Nadia Hai, new French Minister of Moroccan origins
Nadia Hai who was named Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the newly invested French government has carved a bri...

COVID-19: Trump officially appoints Moroccan Moncef Slaoui head of Operation Warp Speed
US President Donald Trump officially appointed on Friday Morocco-born immunology expert Moncef Slaoui as head of the White House’s COVID-19 vacc...

Pioneering Doctor treating childbirth injuries died in Addis Ababa
Australian obstetrician and gynecologist Dr Catherine Hamlin died in her home in Addis Ababa on Wednesday March 18. Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 96, d...

Daniel Arap Moi, Former President of Kenya, Dies at 95
Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who ruled for more than 20 years, has died, the office of the president said on Tuesday. “Our nation and our ...

Burundi: Pierre Nkurunziza’s Successor Appointed
Burundi’s ruling party has named its secretary general, Maj Gen Evariste Ndayishimiye, as its presidential candidate in elections in May, to suc...

Mohamed Horani Becomes Singapore’s Honorary Consul-General in Morocco
Moroccan businessman Mohamed Horani, CEO of payment solutions company HPS, has been appointed Honorary Consul-General of Singapore government in Casab...