First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Chinese and Turkish textile companies will supply the Tunisian armed forces with uniforms over the next three years for a value estimated at around $22.7 billion. The procurement, kept secret, was disclosed by Nafaa Ennaifer, the President of the Tunisian Textile Federation who on a Facebook post said the contracts awarded to the foreign […]
Egypt Suez Canal authorities Monday said the ship which has blocked navigation in the canal has refloated, adding that the course of the ship has been corrected 80 per cent. Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie said that water level reached 2 meters, allowing, Ever Give, a Panamanian container vessel’s […]
Egypt will soon sign with China an agreement to manufacture and export Sinovac Chinese vaccine shots against COVID-19, the Egyptian government said in a statement on Monday. Health minister Hala Zayed said a deal will be signed with China’s Sinovac company, the manufacturer of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, CoronaVac. Vacsera, a Holding company in Giza will […]
The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) signed Monday, through videoconference, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen economic and trade relations between Morocco and China, particularly in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under this agreement, initialed by CGEM president Chakib Alj, and […]
The Chinese group Citic Dicastal, world leader specializing in aluminum casting and in the production of aluminum automotive parts, inaugurated, on Saturday in Kénitra, the second production plant for aluminum rims for a total investment of €350 million. This new plant, whose construction works were launched in November 2019, will double the annual production capacity […]