UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update – November 2022

During November, over 3,513 individuals were intercepted or rescued along the coast of Tunisia while attempting to reach Europe, a 14% decrease compared to the observed trend in recent months. During the month, around 100 people perished while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean in November 2022, as more than 7,000 people arrived to Italy from North Africa.   Operational […]

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FRMF Rules Out Morocco’s Participation in CHAN Unless Special Flight to Algeria Is Provided by Royal Air Maroc

This decision was taken during a meeting of the FRMF steering committee, held Tuesday at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in SalĂ©, said a statement from the FRMF.   The FRMF had sent a letter to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) about the respect of the clauses of the specifications of the African competitions, especially in terms of facilitating […]

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IMF Mission Highlights Moroccan Central Bank’s Transparency Practices

This mission, whose expertise and relevance of recommendations praised Bank Al-Maghrib, focused on examining the bank’s transparency practices in five areas, relating to “Governance”, “Policies”, “Operations”, “Results” of these policies, as well as “Institutional Relations” it maintains with national and international bodies, the central bank said in a statement published Monday on its website.   A report by the mission, […]

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Covid-19: Current Wave Should End in Next Few Days (Ministry)

During a press briefing dedicated to the presentation of the monthly review of the epidemiological situation for the month of December, the coordinator of the Ministry’s National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations, Mouad Mrabet, recalled that the country is experiencing a fifth small wave of massive spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which began in early November and peaked four […]

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Morocco Confirms 98 New COVID-19 Cases over Past 24 Hours

A total of 24,917,604 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 23,418,284, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin, noting that 6,866,695 people have received the third dose of the vaccine, while 57,825 people have received the fourth dose.   According to […]

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Cinema Center Preparing Global Vision to Reform Support for Documentary Films on Sahrawi Culture, Hassani History

The jury of the 6th Documentary Film Festival on Saharawi culture, Hassani history and space (19-25 December in Laayoune), which screened 24 documentary films selected in the official competition and 11 others selected in the “Panorama” category, noted, during the discussions held by film critics after the screenings, “the low quality of the Hassan film industry, despite the financial resources […]

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Bangladesh tries to stop Rohingya risking their lives at sea – official

Bangladesh is trying to stop Rohingya refugees risking their lives in boats to Southeast Asia, a government official said, amid fears that this year could be one of the most deadly in years for the persecuted Muslims from Myanmar seeking new lives.   A boat washed ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday carrying 174 Rohingya, most of them dehydrated, […]

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Moroccan FM Meets with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister

In a statement to the press after the meeting, Rzayev said that the talks focused on issues of development of bilateral relations.   He also stressed that a “thorough” dialogue took place regarding the preparation of the next session of the bilateral intergovernmental commission that will be co-chaired by the two foreign ministers and will be held next year.   […]

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Russian rouble falls to 70 vs dollar as sanctions weigh

The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, struggling to consolidate a slight recovery from last week’s slide as the market comes to terms with the prospect of lower export revenue in the wake of restrictions on Russian oil.   The rouble lost about 8% against the dollar last week and is on course for a monthly decline after an oil embargo […]

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