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Russia and China have hampered the United Nations Security Council from imposing sanctions on Syria for the use of chemical weapons in the war-torn country with their “no” votes. While nine of the Council’s 15 members voted in favor, Bolivia Read more
Over 1,500 delegates from twenty countries have already booked their seats for the fifth edition of the International Africa Development Forum to take place in Casablanca March 16-17. The event will play out as meeting ground for African and international Read more
Thousands of people are fleeing the Western sector of Mosul where fighting is taking place between the Iraqi Government forces and terrorists of the Islamic State group. The United Nations migration agency reported Tuesday thousands of new arrivals at Iraqi Read more
The United Nations human rights office Tuesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to immediately release child soldiers, noting that the UN has verified the recruitment of 1,476 children, all boys, between 26 March 2015 and 31 January 2017, a Read more
Maroc Telcom Group closed the year 2016 with a turnover put at 35.25 billion dirham, accounting for 3.3 per cent growth over 2015 figures, the company said on Monday. The significant growth according to the company’s statement has been possible Read more
The Islamic State group (IS) Monday came forward to shoulder responsibility for the Sunday bomb attack that targeted a police station in the Algerian eastern city of Constantine. Algerian security authorities Sunday said a policeman managed to foil the bomb Read more
Paris, Madrid and Washington have commended this weekend Morocco’s unilateral pullout from the Guerguarat region, saying the move will help de-escalate tension and maintain stability in the region. The Moroccan decision is an “important step for appeasement, taking into account Read more
The list of African countries dumping the Polisario (armed, funded and harbored by Algeria), keeps growing. The latest of these countries is Zambia which has confirmed lately the withdrawal of its recognition of the self-proclaimed so-called Sahrawi republic (SADR). The Read more
The East-based Libyan administration, opposed to the UN-backed Tripoli-based government, has issued a new ban barring Libyans aged between 18 and 45 to travel out of the country except after receiving a security clearance. “Libyan men and women aged between Read more
Egyptian authorities announced Thursday the murder of a Coptic Christian in his house, in North Sinai, putting the number of victims this week at 3, reports say. The North Sinai is the fertile terrain of the Islamist State group (IS) Read more