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The registration of young eligible conscripts for 2023 started Wednesday in Morocco and will close on February 25. The 12-month compulsory military service for young people aged between 19 and 25 has been reinstated in 2019 after it was abandoned in 2006. In 2019, 133,820 young male/female Moroccans registered for the service and 178,166 volunteered […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has announced to have busted a spying network in capital Kinshasa, working for neighboring Rwanda considered by authorities as enemy. The network, made of four men, includes two Rwandan spies, one of whom is a soldier in the Rwandan army, but acting under the cover of a development NGO […]
Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, inaugurated Wednesday a 22 Megawatt energy plant in the eastern city of Zender with a total investment of $23.6 million as part of efforts to increase energy connectivity in the West African country where only 20 per cent of territory having access to energy. The facility was built by the […]
Japan will release to Egypt $301 million to finance the implementation of phase one of Cairo Metro’s fourth line. The related agreement was signed between Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Rania El-Mashat and the Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, and Japan’s Embassy in Egypt and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mubasher reports. The funds […]
Nationals of Jordan, India, Guatemala and Azerbaijan will benefit from the electronic visa (e-visa) to visit Morocco from January 10, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this Wednesday in a statement. This decision is part of the efforts made by the Kingdom, on the national and international levels, aiming at the digitization of public […]
A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed the death sentence pressed against eight soldiers including two top commanders for the killing of two Chinese nationals in March this year, in Irumu territory, Ituri, northeast of the central African country. The ruling was announced by the military court of the Ituri after the […]
Kenya Airways, Kenya’s national carrier, owes Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) 4.62 billion shillings ($37.5 million) as of June 30, 2022, up by 377.55 million shillings in the previous year, reports say. The outstanding according to the Airports Authority account for 40% of the 11.64 billion shillings owed by other enterprises and airlines operating in facilities. […]
Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) told the Confederation of African Football that the national team could boycott the Africa U23 Cup of Nations if the national team is not allowed to have a direct flight to Algeria. Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan flights adding to borders which it has kept closed since […]
Moroccan farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after recent rainfall that dissipated the prospect of extreme drought and helped improve dam filling rates. Moroccan dams are on average 34% full on December 28 after the filling rate dropped to near 20% leading to a halt of irrigation in many key agricultural regions. Rainfall is […]
Many leading European clubs from different premier leagues are racing to add Atlas Lion stars that marked Morocco’s unparalleled run in Qatar World Cup. One of the revelations of the tournament was Azzedine Ounahi who mastered the midfield with skillful tackles commanding performances. He is now poised to leave his team Angers which languished in […]