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Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend temporarily flights to and from France starting Nov.28 due to a surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in some European countries as winter season approaches. The flights suspension was initially to be enforced this Friday but was postponed by two days to enable Moroccan nationals and foreigners living in […]
French hypermarket Géant Casino will invest about $64 million (EGP 1 billion) in Egypt as part of an expansion plan, reports say. The company, a subsidiary of Groupe Casino, as part of the plans, will open 15 new supermarkets, hypermarkets, and express markets in the Arab country. The announcement came the company inaugurated its first […]
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 […]
Frenchman Didier Gomes Da Rosa has been appointed coach of the national soccer team of Mauritania to replace Corentin Martins, who was sacked in October after seven years of service. “Mr. Didier Gomes Da Rosa is the new coach of the national team of Mauritania,” said the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania […]
An Algerian fugitive, wanted by French authorities since 2020, was captured over the weekend at the Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport. The 33-year-old Algerian criminal, who holds French nationality, was arrested upon arrival by Moroccan police on an Interpol red notice. The man is involved in an armed assault that claimed the life of […]
Morocco has reinforced further its airspace defense with the acquisition of Thales Ground Master 400 radar, offering the Royal Armed forces tactical advantage as the mobile radar system can easily deploy and detect all types of aerial threats. The delivery of the long-range radar was made end July 2021 under a contract signed in […]
France must recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, said French essayist Gabriel Robin, for whom this recognition is France’s “duty” and is in “its immediate interest.” In an op-ed published by the magazine “Conflits”, journalist and political consultant Gabriel Robin underlines that “the Sahara must remain Moroccan insofar as this territory historically belongs to Morocco […]
France reiterated Friday in New York its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan as a “serious and credible” basis to reach a political solution to the Sahara issue. “France considers the Moroccan autonomy plan of 2007 as a serious and credible basis” for the settlement of this dispute, said the Permanent Representative of France to […]
U.S administration has recently contracted for two assessments of the Libya’s oil sector recovery, Libya Observer reports, citing France-based investigative media Africa Intelligence. The first assessment accounting for a first contract was commissioned on September 21 for an amount of almost $400,000 by the Interior Business Center (IBC), the federal government’s purchasing center – a […]
The Barkhane anti-jihadist force began the final phase of the transfer of the Kidal base in northern Mali to the United Nations force (MINUSMA) and the Malian army on Tuesday, the French general staff said. “The last logistical convoy left for Gao this morning at 5 a.m. A detachment of Barkhane will remain on site […]