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Morocco will boost daily facemask production from 6 million to 8 million, said industry minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy, noting that the country has produced a total of 80 million masks so far. El Alamy, who was speaking to 2M tv channel, said that logistics issues are being addressed to ensure the availability of face […]
As coronavirus clusters emerged lately in some factories and commercial premises where the staff is mostly made up of women, voices are calling the government to take urgent action to contain the virus and prevent its spread, especially in workplaces. In this connection, the Federation of the Democratic League for Women’s Rights (FLDDF) addressed a […]
Time for reform has run out for Algeria with the plunge in oil prices further worsening combustible factors of financial hardships, corrupt leadership and social dissent. Myopic to the demands of the Algerian people for reforms and better living conditions, the same old ruling military elite renewed itself with a civilian facade amid pro-democracy protests. […]
The President of Madagascar presented Monday “his medicine” for the coronavirus, consisting of a decoction and an organic herbal tea (Tambavy CVO) based on artemisia and other Malagasy plants kept secret. The “medicine” was developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA). The Malagasy president presented the two improved traditional remedies ‘‘with great […]
Morocco has doubled coronavirus tests from 1000 to 2000 a day as it opened six laboratories across the country but MPs ask for more tests to be carried out. Speaking at a parliament question time, health minister Khalid Ait Taleb said the pandemic is under control in Morocco with total cases rise to 3046 including […]
Morocco’s leading telecom operator said it will donate its first quarter profit amounting to 1.5 billion dirhams (150 million US dollars) to the special fund created to mitigate the social and economic consequences of Covid-19. The government has pledged 10 billion dirhams to the fund which included a fine of 3.3 billion dirhams that Maroc […]
Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique and other French media have highlighted the prowess of the Moroccan industrial sector as several units have shifted their production chains to manufacture items or products so badly needed in these coronavirus times. An ethanol plant was rehabilitated in a week, textile factories are being converted to manufacture facemasks, an industrial […]
More than 300,000 Africans could lose their life to Covid-19 if the continent does not receive the adequate protection, warns the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In a report released this Friday, the ECA says Africa’s fragile health systems could see additional costs being imposed on them because of the coronavirus pandemic, which so […]
For the G5 Sahel countries, the coronavirus pandemic is now the number one enemy, even before terrorism, as the region has recorded more than 1200 cases. The Foreign Ministers of the G5 Sahel met on April 15 evening by videoconference for their first meeting since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. During the conference, the […]
Tunisia is expecting about $1.4 billion-loss in revenue in the tourism sector this year as result of impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a document submitted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in view of seeking a new loan to supplement the 2020 national budget, reports say. The North African country like other countries around […]