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Morocco, China sign Belt Road Initiative implementation agreement

Morocco and China signed the implementation agreement of the Belt and Road Initiative providing for further Chinese investments in the Kingdom. In a ceremony chaired by foreign minister Nasser Bourita and Vice President of China’s committee for reform and development (NDRC) Ning Jizhe, the two countries vowed to add momentum to bilateral cooperation. The new […]

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Russia bans vegetable imports from Egypt over contamination fears

Russia’s Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare has barred all imports  of various types of vegetables and fruits from producers of several countries including Egypt over fear of contaminations,  Arab Finance reports. The move, according to the federal service, is meant to prevent large-scale infectious diseases among the population. The ban […]

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Morocco receives Chinese anti-aircraft defense system FD-2000B

The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have received the first batch of the Chinese long-range anti-aircraft defense system with a Chinese FD-2000B battery, ordered in 2017, according to the Spanish website Defensa.com. The first battery for the FD-2000B system was received in the middle of this year, and was activated a few weeks ago in Morocco’s […]

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Egypt in talks with three Chinese companies to launch production of electric cars in 2023

Egypt is in contact with Chinese companies with three potential companies for the production of electric cars in 2023 for an investment of $127 million, Bloomberg reported. The companies, no identified, will collaborate with state-run El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Co., Public Enterprise Minister Hisham Tawfik told Bloomberg in an interview. Tawfik also the media production […]

Africa International

President Joe Biden to host second summit with U.S. and African leaders

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to host a summit with African leaders to strengthen U.S. ties with the continent, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced. “President Biden intends to host a summit with U.S. and African leaders to pursue a high-level diplomatic policy … that will transform relations and make effective cooperation possible,” the […]

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Morocco receives new batch of Sinopharm vaccines

Morocco received a new shipment of Chinese anti-coronavirus vaccines, from Sinopharm, as a RAM plane landed at Casablanca Airport Tuesday coming from Beijing. According to sources from the health authorities, this shipment consists of 2 million doses, which means that Morocco will be able to vaccinate another one million people in the coming weeks. This […]

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COVID-19: Morocco receives new batch of over 2 million Sinopharm doses

Morocco received, this Sunday, May 23, more than 2 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. Two RAM Dreamliner, carrying this new batch, landed in the early afternoon at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, local media reports. This shipment follows the 2 million doses of Sinopharm anti-covid vaccine received on Wednesday, May 19, as China […]

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China to send Morocco 10 mln Sinopharm jabs

China promised Morocco 10 million sinopharm coronavirus vaccine doses in April and May, the Moroccan parliament said.   The shipment is part of the cooperation between Morocco and China to counter the coronavirus in implementation of the wishes of King Mohammed VI and president Xi of China, the Parliament said in a statement following talks […]

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China grants Tunisia $14.2m to finance projects

China and Tunisia signed Tuesday inked a grant deal valued at around $14.2 million (TND40 million) earmarked for the financing of projects in the North African country. The signing took place between Tunisia’s top diplomat Othman Jerandi and his counterpart Zhang Jiang. The deal did not detail projects to be determined by both countries, Webdo […]

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Rush to re-open diplomatic representations at Libya’s door

As the new Libyan Government of National Unity is endeavoring to unify State institutions and pacify the country, queues are being formed for the opening of diplomatic representations in the North African country.   So, after France reopened its embassy in Tripoli on Monday, China announced plans to re-open its embassy in the Libyan capital, […]