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“We welcome the new steps Morocco is taking to improve relations with Israel. The Morocco-Israel relationship will have long-term benefits for both countries.” … “We will continue to support the UN processus to implement a just and lasting solution to this long standing dispute in Morocco. We also support the MINURSO to monitor the ceasefire […]
Morocco has been removed from the EU’s tax haven grey list after it took a series of measures and enacted new laws aiming to ensure greater transparency. The most recent reforms undertaken by Morocco to comply to EU fiscal standards was that of the tax system pertaining to financial hub, Casablanca Finance City. Morocco has […]
Morocco has reportedly decided to suspend air links to and from Switzerland and Turkey. This decision, which has not been officially announced yet, is part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and to prevent the spread of new COVID-19 variants. According to press reports, Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend all flights to […]
The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) has inaugurated African SuperComputing Center (ASCC), a cutting-edge platform to accelerate and improve research in the kingdom and on the continent. ASCC, the largest Supercomputing Infrastructure in Africa, will provide High-performance Computing (HPC) services. Based on the latest technologies in the HPC world, ASCC can deliver a performance of […]
The Algerian lawyers have joined the popular mass protest movement rocking their country, demanding a civilian democratic state and denouncing the wrongful interference of the rulers who are undermining the independence of legal profession. The Union of attorneys started on Sunday a five-day protest movement which will continue by the bar associations of Tizi Ouzou, […]
Interior minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), escaped on Sunday an assassination attempt by gunmen who opened fire on his convoy in Tripoli. The attack occurred as the minister was returning home after visiting the National Oil Corporation. One of Bashagha’s guards and one of attackers were killed during the exchange […]
Tunisia’s Transport and logistics minister has fired Olfa Hamdi, the Chief Executive Officer of national carrier TunisAir, less than two months into the job. Moez Chakchouk’s department made the announcement in a statement this Monday without giving any reason for the move. However, Chakchouk told local radio Shems fm that Hamdi has made a set […]
The vaccination campaign launched in Morocco on Jan.28 is unfolding successfully with over 2.46 million people having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while the second dose was administered so far to 13,476 people. Although Morocco has only launched its vaccination campaign since Jan.28, i.e. only three weeks ago, the Kingdom has already […]
Algeria’s aged military commanders- ruling behind a civilian curtain- have lost all senses in their desperate bid to portray Morocco as an enemy in order to gain popularity among a disenchanted youthful Algerian population keen to see a civilian state and an end to military rule. In its latest diatribe or statement, the defense ministry […]
Russian news agency RIA FAN uncovered the fallacies propagated by the Polisario and Algerian media regarding the Sahara, where Morocco has ended the conflict to its favor. The RIA FAN story, signed by Vladimir Sharapov, underscores that the artificial conflict over the Sahara is “settled” in view of the growing international support for Morocco’s sovereignty […]