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Morocco has acquired 65 million doses of the two anti-covid vaccines it ordered to combat the coronavirus pandemic. These doses will enable the Kingdom to vaccinate 25 million people. The announcement was made by Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb during Read more
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Sunday instructed the government to quicken the pace in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and to launch a vaccination campaign next month. “I have instructed the Prime Minister to chair, without delay, a meeting with Read more
Algeria and Egypt could produce Sputnik V, Russia’s covid-19 vaccine, touted as the cheapest among other vaccines. Both countries were among 55 countries around the world that took part Wednesday in an UN-led virtual conference on the presentation of the Read more
Oman is set to resume issuing tourist visas for special individuals several months after re-opening airports in October. “The Supreme committee decided to allow the issuance of tourist visas to enter the sultanate, provided that the arrival of tourists is Read more
The Mohammed VI Champions Cup will come to close in January next year with the final more than one year after the kickoff. Mohamed Raouraoua, Vice-President of the organizing body, Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, made the announcement without Read more
Tunisia has extended for one month the state of emergency in place since November 2015. The measure banning all gatherings and granting security forces sweeping power, was last extended in May for six months in the framework of the ongoing Read more
Tunisia’s health ministry has suspended eight PCR testing laboratories and shut down a ninth one following revelations that the centers overcharge the tests, Webdo Tunis reports. Health minister Faouzi Mehdi was before the parliament today Friday to brief the legislature Read more
A group of covid-19 patients and several unions have slammed the dismissal of Kasserine governor by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi after the death of a man killed in the demolition of an unlicensed shop in the small town of Sbeitla. Read more
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian prominent human rights activist, was freed Wednesday after serving 8 years in prison following conviction on plotting to harm the security of the Islamic republic, reports say. Mohammadi, according to judiciary official Sadegh Niaraki, sentenced to Read more
Bahrain has temporarily suspended flights to a number of destinations judged risky as part of the Gulf country’s efforts to stem the spread of covid-19 pandemic. The Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Telecommunications Mohammed Thamer Al-Kaabi, Read more