News Stream May 05,2020
Tag: USA
Sudan appoints first ambassador to US after decades of sour relations
Sudan Monday said the USA has approved its first ambassador to Washington in a sign of improved relations between the two countries. The Foreign Ministry in a statement said Washington has green-lighted the appointment of veteran diplomat Noureldin Sati as ambassador to the USA. US top diplomat Mike Pompeo had announced in December that the […]
News Stream May 03,2020
News Stream May 03,2020
COVID-19: USA provides $5.7 million aid to Morocco
The US government announced Friday that it has provided $5.7 million in aid to Morocco to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This aid includes $4 million from the Economic Support Fund (ESF) to support the socio-economic recovery among marginalized and vulnerable populations in urban and rural areas through a cash transfer program, […]
Covid-19: Morocco’s health workers get US protective equipment
US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has donated personal protective equipment to lab technicians of Moroccan National Institute of Hygiene to enhance their protection against coronavirus pandemic. “This equipment goes directly to safeguarding the lives of Morocco’s healthcare workers who are on the front lines in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helping them to […]
FBI pays tribute to Tunisian officer killed in terror attack
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who was killed when thwarting, early March, a terror attack on a security checkpoint, near the US embassy, in capital Tunis. In a letter published on the website of the US embassy in Tunis, the FBI expressed its heartfelt condolences […]
US vetoed Former Algerian FM from becoming Libya’s UN Envoy
Former Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamaamra acknowledged officially that he had to backtrack on his bid to become a UN special envoy for Libya after he was vetoed by the US. In an official response, he said he was asked to take the position by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and that he accepted […]
Did the US give green light to Haftar’s offensive on Tripoli?
Newly leaked documents show that the White House has blessed Haftar’s attack on Tripoli, which has so far paved the way for a greater Russian leverage over the renegade general. “Washington’s inconsistent position on Libya — officially supporting the peace process even as the White House has signaled that President Trump favors Mr. Hafter — […]
US drone strikes ‘killed civilians’, AI says
The United States has used drones to kill civilians in Somalia, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Amnesty says an 18-year-old woman and a 53-year-old banana farmer were killed in two separate drone strikes, one in the town of Jilib, the other in Kumbareere village. Three others were injured. The US […]
US Grants Morocco $670,000 to cushion coronavirus blow
The United States government has granted Morocco $670,000 (6.6 millionDH) to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US embassy in Rabat. The funds are provided by the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infections Diseases at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said the embassy in a statement. […]