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King Salman has issued a directive to invest $1 billion dollars into Pakistan, in confirmation of the Kingdom’s support for the country and its people, the kingdom’s state-run news agency indicated Thursday. The directive came during a telephone call between Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Bhutto […]
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bought shares in Alphabet, Zoom Video and Microsoft as part of a wider pick of US stocks, bringing the sovereign wealth fund’s second-quarter investments to about $40.8 billion, Arab Finance reports. A filing from US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that PIF acquired 213,000 class A shares in Alphabet; 4.7 […]
The Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone David Francis has commended the role played by Morocco in support of the Mano River Union. At a news conference in Rabat following talks with his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita, the Sierra Leonian official highlighted Morocco’s continuous support to the Mano River Union, stressing that King Mohammed VI personally […]
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 […]