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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:28:49 GMT
Morocco: Moroccans Celebrate Historic World Cup Win Against Spain
[VOA] Rabat, Morocco -- Exuberant Moroccans poured into the streets of their capital and in cities across Europe on Tuesday, waving flags and honking horns to celebrate their national soccer team's historic victory over Spain at the World Cup.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:29:32 GMT
Morocco: Spain Under Pressure Over Migrant Deaths On Moroccan Border
[VOA] Madrid, Spain -- Rights groups are pressuring Spain's government over the deaths of at least 23 people after thousands of migrants forced their way through the European Union's only land border with Africa between Morocco and the Spanish enclav...

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:33:06 GMT
Morocco: Qatar World Cup - 5 Things We Learned On Day 17 - Morocco Roll and Swiss Rolled
[RFI] Morocco turned over Spain to move into the last eight for the first time. But there's no bliss for the Swiss. They're blitzed by a Portugal side not featuring Cristiano Ronaldo.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:20:33 GMT
Kenya: Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc Resume Codeshare Agreement
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways (KQ) and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have resumed a code share agreement that will see passengers travelling from Marrakech and Casablanca to Nairobi use KQ.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:56:42 GMT
Morocco: Morocco Qualify for World Cup Quarter Final After Defeating Spain
[Premium Times] Morocco thus become the only African country to qualify for the quarter final in this year's World Cup.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:27:55 GMT
Africa: Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt to Drive Africa's LNG Export - Report
[Vanguard] NIGERIA, Algeria and Egypt, have been tipped to drive Africa's Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, export in the short term.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:04:22 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline - NNPCL Signs MOU With Ghana, Gambia, Guinea Bissau Oil Firms
[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has signed five Memoranda of Understanding with the national oil companies and relevant entities of five African countries on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:36:35 GMT
Tunisia: Alternative Energies - Production of Green Hydrogen Should Not Jeorpardise Transition Strategy, Decarbonisation Objectives (Report)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The production of green hydrogen should not jeorpardise the national strategy of transition to renewables and decarbonisation objectives, German Green Foundation Heinrich Böll Stiftung said in a recent report.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:11:15 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda, Egypt Dominate Day 1 of FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup 2022
[New Times] Rwanda's men and Egypt women each won their respective opening games on Saturday, December 3, to start the FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup 2022 campaign in Cairo, Egypt, on an impressive note.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 07:35:52 GMT
Libya: ICC Reignites Hope for Long-Delayed Justice
[HRW] Beirut -- Torture, Disappearances, Killings in War-Time Prisons

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:16:26 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisia's Spicy Sauce Harissa Enters Unesco Cultural Heritage List
[Independent (Kampala)] Tunis -- Tunisia's spicy sauce harissa was added on Thursday to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:14:43 GMT
Morocco/Senegal: World Cup 2022 - Either Morocco or Senegal Could Break the Glass Ceiling
[The Conversation Africa] Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men's football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams - Senegal and Morocco. The knock-out phase in Qatar reminds football fans globally o...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:12:57 GMT
Egypt: Health Minister - Egypt Ranks 26th Worldwide for Medical Tourism
[Egypt Online] Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Friday 02/12/2022 that Egypt ranked fourth regionally and 26th globally in the Medical Tourism Index.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:04:52 GMT
Morocco: Morocco/AfDB - 16th ADF Replenishment Meeting Kicks Off in Tangier
[MAP] Tangier -- The fourth and final meeting of the sixteenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-16), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, opened on Monday in Tangier.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:04:17 GMT
Morocco: Casablanca Stock Exchange Starts Slightly Up
[MAP] Casablanca -- The Casablanca Stock Exchange started slightly up on Monday, with the index of all stocks, the MASI, gaining 0.21% to 11,051.27 points (pts).

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:16:51 GMT
Tanzania/Senegal: World Cup 2022 - Senegal, Morocco Fly High, Other African Reps Leave Lesson
[Daily News] Cameroon and Tunisia, despite falling short to progress into the knockout phase of FIFA World Cup finals, they retreat home with chest up after disappointing heavyweights Brazil and France respectively.

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 04:07:22 GMT
Morocco: 2022 FIFA World Cup - Morocco Beat Canada to Go Through to Last 16
[CAF] Morocco edged Canada 2-1 to reach the last 16 as Group F winners.

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:11:13 GMT
Egypt: Egypt Races to Supply Wind, Solar Energy to Europe Via Submarine Cables
[IPS] Cairo -- As Europe braces for an unusual winter due to a global energy crisis, Greece is embarking on one of Europe's most ambitious energy projects by connecting its electricity grid to Egypt's.

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:10:21 GMT
Tunisia: Qatar 2022 - Tunisia Bow Out Despite Victory Over Defending Champions, France
[Premium Times] Tunisia might not have qualified but they will boast of their first-ever win over France in many years

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:44:13 GMT
North Africa: North Africa Charting a Revolution in Africa's Industrialization
[The Exchange] Tanzania's agro sector is mechanizing rapidly on the back drop of value addition mini-factories.

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 04:38:25 GMT
Morocco: Providing Survivor-Centered Police and Justice Services
[Africa Renewal] "I always feared the police. You hear stories of women going to the police station to report their violent husbands and they get told 'you deserve it'. Then she must wait in a room full of men, feeling vulnerable and misjudged. On th...

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:54:12 GMT
Gambia: Ambassador Hussain Travels to Morocco, the Gambia, and Senegal
[State Department] U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain will travel to Morocco, The Gambia, and Senegal from November 28 through December 1, 2022.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:16:30 GMT
Morocco: Qatar 2022 - Morocco Break 24-Year Jinx With Victory Over Belgium
[Premium Times] The Atlas Lions stunned Belgium with two second-half goals to pick their first victory and second clean sheet in the competition.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:04:56 GMT
Morocco: Death of Moroccan Peacekeeper in CAR - Security Council, UN SG Express Condolences to Morocco
[MAP] United Nations -- Members of the UN Security Council have offered their "most sincere" condolences to the Kingdom of Morocco following the death of a Moroccan peacekeeper in an attack Thursday against the UN mission in the Central African Repub...

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:26:43 GMT
Algeria: Algeria Has Emerged, Developed Under Leadership of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria has experienced, since December 2019 under the leadership of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, significant development and radical transformations.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:41:11 GMT
Tunisia: Kairouan Copper Market Faces Collapse, As Prices Soar and Customers Shy Away
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The copper market in Kairouan governorate is facing collapse, as prices of raw materials keep on rising and customers are shying away.

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:30:57 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisia Lose but Still Have Hope
[CAF] Mitchell Duke scored a superb header as the Socceroos beat Tunisia Victory ends seven-match winless run at the FIFA World Cup Group D concludes on Wednesday with Australia-Denmark and Tunisia-France

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:55:52 GMT
Libya: Tunisia, Libya Adopt Joint Working Strategy to Boost Trade Relations
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A joint working strategy was adopted by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) and the Libyan Export Development Centre for the 2023 year, in a bid to develop intra-trade relations and trade between Libya and Tuni...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:18:30 GMT
Egypt: COP27 - How African Youth Contributed to Climate Change Deal in Egypt
[Premium Times] The COP27 assembled more than 46,000 delegations from nearly 200 countries in Egypt for two weeks to drive forward sustainable actions to fight climate change.

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:42:04 GMT
Africa: Africa's farmers ignored at COP27 climate talks
[AFSA] As the dust settles in Sharm El-Sheikh, Africa has little reason to rejoice. Africa and the Global South can take some hope from the small gains made at COP27. At the last minute, negotiators agreed to provide "loss and damage" funding for vul...



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