Category: Portrait

Morocco: Who are the seven women appointed in the new skilled, competent government?

October 8, 2021

Morocco’s new government includes seven women ministers in a cabinet of 24 members that was named by King Mohammed VI after Sept.8 elections. The King ... Read More

John Nkengasong, AU chief of major endemics, named ambassador-at-large by President Biden

September 28, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday nominated John Nkengasong, one of Africa's foremost public health experts, to serve as an ambassador-at-large at the State Department, ... Read More

Who is Gen. El Farouk new Inspector General of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces

September 17, 2021

General Belkhir El Farouk whom King Mohammed VI recently appointed Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces is a battle-hardened man who has been through ... Read More

Senegalese Makhtar Diop appointed head of the International Finance Corporation

February 19, 2021

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

Moroccan researcher prepares universal preemptive vaccine for all types of coronaviruses

February 8, 2021

As deaths linked to COVID-19 break records day after day, Americans are discovering an outstanding Moroccan scientist, who is on the verge of developing a ... Read More

Morocco looks to South Korea for bio-pharmaceutical technology transfer

August 22, 2020

Moroccan native Dr Samir Machour, senior vice President at South Korea’s Samsung Biologics was tasked with identifying and negotiating on behalf of Morocco technology transfer ... Read More

South Africa: Andrew Mlangeni, last survivor of Rivonia trial, dies at 95

July 23, 2020

South Africa has just lost another great figure of the struggle against apartheid. Andrew Mlangeni passed away in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. He ... Read More

Who is Nadia Hai, new French Minister of Moroccan origins

July 8, 2020

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 ... Read More

COVID-19: Trump officially appoints Moroccan Moncef Slaoui head of Operation Warp Speed

May 16, 2020

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 ... Read More

Pioneering Doctor treating childbirth injuries died in Addis Ababa

March 20, 2020

Australian obstetrician and gynecologist Dr Catherine Hamlin died in her home in Addis Ababa on Wednesday March 18.   Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 96, devoted her ... Read More