Rabat – A year has passed since the inauguration of the COVAX scheme and the world is still facing large inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The World Health Organization, CEPI, and Gavi the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) created the COVAX ...

Rabat – UN refugee agency UNHCR has expressed its deep concern as another boat packed with refugees sank amid bad weather. The 130 unfortunate people lost add to a mounting death toll, with 453 people having drowned in the Mediterranean since t...

In search of a solution to its goal-scoring woes, English football club Liverpool FC is allegedly ready to join the race to sign Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri. The news, should it be true, means En-Nesyri’s impressive season with Sevilla...

Rabat – The popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin dropped on Friday, April 23, after rumors of a possible increase in US capital gains taxes. This week’s leaked details of US President Joe Biden “considering” a possible tax hike sent markets int...

Russian carriers S7 Airlines and Aeroflot are set to start flying to Casablanca as part of plans to expand their travel destinations, Routes Online reported. “Flights to Casablanca’s Mohammed V International (CMN) will begin on April 30 before sw...

Rabat – A large-scale clash between local police and Israeli far-right protesters and Palestinian counter-protesters has sparked a new round of violence. A substantial street brawl unfolded on Friday, April 23, as Jerusalem police attempted to ...

Rabat – My phone read 18:59, but the call to prayer did not sound. I was anxiously fumbling a cigarette, undecided if I was hungry, thirsty, nicotine-deprived, or all of the above. The seconds dragged on in slow motion. A cannon boom echoed thr...

Rabat – A knife attack on an administrative assistant at a French police station in Rambouillet,  has shocked France, with authorities suspecting terrorist motives.  On Friday afternoon, April 23, a 36-year old Tunisian man attacked a...

The UN Security Council’s latest meeting on Western Sahara was yet another concerning development for the Polisario Front, a number of experts and diplomats have observed. While the closed UNSC session, held on April 21, did not come to any substan...

“We saw people starving on the streets and knew we had to act,” says Khaoula El Haidi, the project’s 24-year-old manager, referring to Moroccan NGO Pikala Bikes’ proactive COVID-19 response. The team normally runs bike tours, repairs, and cla...