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Richard Norland will carry out his new mission as Special envoy for the United States in Libya while retaining his position as ambassador in Tripoli, the U.S. State Department announced Monday in a statement relayed by the U.S. Embassy. According to the statement, the ambassador will increase diplomatic efforts to “keep the political process […]
The fight for the climate is at the heart of a two-day international virtual summit organized by U.S. President Joe Biden, on the occasion of Earth Day. On the African continent, signs of climate change are multiplying. Joe Biden’s initial announcements indicate a willingness to reduce carbon emissions. To set an example, Biden announced that […]
Tunisia’s interior ministry and the US embassy in the North African signed Monday a memorandum of understanding, MoU, aiming at cooperation between the two countries in the area of the fight against terrorism, reports say. Tunisian Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi who also doubles as the country’s interior minister noted that the deal is in line […]
Olfa Hamdi, the new CEO of Tunisia’s national carrier, has named an international committee to help her implement a reconstruction program for the low performing airline. The committee is made up of national and global aviation industry leaders. The nine-member strategic committee includes Mitchell Weisberg, former Kaplan Norton team member, Expert in strategy of Fortune […]
The Tunisian ministry of Transport and Logistic Monday named a new Chief Executive Officer for the national carrier, headless since the dismissal in July 2020 of a former executive on corruption charges. The new CEO Olfa Hamdi is tasked with developing a strategic action plan to save the airline and enable it to be competitive. […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has just adopted the complete, undivided map of Morocco, including its Sahara, following suit to the United States, which made the same move after it recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara provinces. NATO’s move deals another blow to the enemies of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, comments the news outlet […]
A US diplomat in Sudan Thursday escaped a gun attack in capital Khartoum. The US official who has not been named was attacked by a gunman who fired at his car as he was on his way home, Turkish Anadolu news agency reports citing a diplomatic source who asked not to be named. The Sudanese […]
Morocco and the United States convened on Wednesday a working group of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue in Washington to enhance further the existing security cooperation between the two countries. The meeting was co-chaired by Nathan A. Sales,US Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Director of Global Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ismail Chekkori in […]
The United States Monday unwrapped a first wave of awaited sanctions against Iran as pressure to force the Islamic Republic negotiate a new nuclear deal that suits the terms of conditions of the White House. The new sanctions which came into effect, early minutes of Tuesday target Iran’s access to US banknotes and key industries, […]
In Morocco, 50.5% of work activities can be automated, making the Kingdom the second country in Africa with the highest potential for robot’s use in industry, Mckinsey said in a recently published research. Morocco was placed second in Africa, preceded by Kenya with an automation potential of 51.9% and followed by Egypt (48.7%), Nigeria (45.7) […]