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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named deputy of his former envoy to Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, as Acting Special Representative in Libya until appointment of a new successor to resigning Ghassan Salamé. The US UN officer has been deputy of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) since 2018. Before […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a team of investigators to Sudan to help probe the failed assassination attempt that targeted PM Abdalla Hamdok. Sudan culture and information minister Faisal Mohammed told reports that a FBI team landed in capital Khartoum Wednesday in view of providing relevant expertise and techniques for this […]
Morocco decided this Friday to suspend, until further notice, all air and sea connections with France over fears of the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to spread around the world and particularly in the European continent. The decision was discussed between King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron, as well as between the relevant governmental authorities […]
Morocco registered this Friday, March 13, the seventh coronavirus case. The Ministry of Health announced that a 39-year old man was tested positive to Covid-19. The patient is a Moroccan national, who arrived in Casablanca on Wednesday March 4, from Spain, the Health Ministry said in a press release issued this Friday. The […]
Moroccan government has earmarked $5.7 million to help farmers protect their livestock and ease their concern over the delay of rainfall. The funds will be used for the purchase and transportation of fodder to rural zones and remote villages to enable farmers to keep their cattle. These emergency measures were announced lately by minister […]
Morocco has suspended all flights from and to Spain as well as maritime passenger connections between the two countries as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread. Moroccan authorities also decided to suspend flights to and from Algeria until further notice, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
A landmark Moroccan law guaranteeing public access to information entered into force this Thursday. The move is a major forward step enhancing the country’s democratic transition, good governance and transparency. Under the new law stipulated in the Constitution of 2011, public authorities, courts, public administrations or private establishments offering public service… are obliged to publish […]
Moroccan university professor Fatima Roumate has been appointed by UNESCO member of the international experts group to draft global recommendations on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The 24-member international experts group is composed of the world’s leading experts on social, economic and cultural challenges of artificial intelligence. They are tasked with elaborating internationally applicable recommendations […]
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has replaced the head of the army, the presidency said in a statement. The President “decided to relieve Lietenant General Masanneh Kinteh of his duties as Chief of Defense Staff of The Gambian Armed Forces,” the statement read. Gen. Kinteh hands over to Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Major […]
The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister and the country’s ambassador to Tanzania over human rights abuses. Owen Ncube, Zimbabwe’s state security minister, was blacklisted over accusations that he ordered security services to abduct and mistreat members of the opposition group, the Treasury Department said in a statement. […]