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A total of 114 illegal migrants were intercepted Thursday off coast of the Southern Moroccan province of Laayoune while they were attempting to reach the Canary Islands. The migrants, who were using two inflatable boats, were intercepted 28 km north-west of the Saharan port of Laayoune. They were all brought back safe and sound, said […]
Tunisia’s Presidency expressed, on Thursday, its thanks and esteem to Morocco, following the landing of the emergency medical aid sent to the North African country at the orders of King Mohammed VI. “The Presidency of the Republic expresses its heartfelt thanks and expresses its high consideration to the brotherly Kingdom of Morocco, King and People, […]
The third wave of Covid-19 in Africa has not yet reached its peak of infection, but already, this wave is worse than the previous one according to the WHO, which is worried about the spread of the Delta variant. However, the Covax system, which is supposed to distribute vaccines to poor countries, has been halted. […]
Italy Wednesday pledged to finance up to €200 million development projects in Tunisia as part of a cooperation agreement between the two countries. The grant will fund several projects spanning over economic recovery, agriculture, employment, and training and youth integration, over a two year period, 2021-2023, Webdo Tunis reports. The agreement was announced on the […]
The school of medicine and pharmacy of Laayoune in the Moroccan Sahara will open doors in September for local students from Saharan provinces. Applications for admission tests for the 2021-2022 academic year have been launched by the ministry of Higher education. Over $69 million has been spent for the construction and equipment of this new […]
The Moroccan government has set up a vaccination pass for people who have received the two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, which can be downloaded, from Monday June 7, on the website www.liqahcorona.ma. This vaccination pass is an official and secure document that is recognized by the authorities, the Government points out in a statement. […]
A young Tunisian was killed Tuesday after forces opened fire on his car at Jenine buffer zone near the Libyan border, in the governorate of Bizerte. The ministry of Defense said in a statement that an outpost operating in Remada detected three vehicles moving in Jenine buffer zone. The forces, the ministry added, chased them […]
The Algerian and Polisario militias have imposed a total blackout on the disastrous Covid-19 outbreak among those held against their will in Tindouf camps. After he tested positive for Covid-19, Polisario leader Ibrahim Ghali was rushed to Spain using an Algerian passport and a fake name while the thousands of Sahraouis held in the camps […]
Morocco takes part in the Obangame Express 2021, conducted by the US Naval Forces Africa, the major multinational naval exercise in West Africa designed to improve regional tactical cooperation to counter common security threats. The announcement was made by the US Africa Command in a press release. The ongoing two-week OE-21 exercise, which started […]
Prominent Portuguese figures have called on their government and the European Union to support Morocco in the Sahara issue and to back the kingdom’s territorial integrity. In a letter addressed to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in his capacity as President of the Council of the EU, a group of former and current Portuguese officials […]