Morocco’s King Proclaims Oct. 31 ‘Unity Day’ following Kingdom’s Sahara Victory at UN

King Mohammed VI has decided to proclaim October 31 of each year as national holiday following the historic vote by the UN Security Council of a resolution endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. The announcement was made by the Royal Office in a statement issued Tuesday. “ In view of […]

AMF supports Morocco’s public finance sector reform with a new $211 million loan

The Arab Monetary Fund has extended Morocco a new $211 million loan, within the framework of the Structural Adjustment Facility, to support a reform program in the public finance sector,  the Arab financial institution announced in a statement released Friday. The loan agreement was signed on May 23 by Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed […]

Five dead in landslide in Côte d’Ivoire

Five people were killed Sunday in a landslide in the popular Commune of Yopougon of the Ivorian economic capital Abidjan washed by heavy rains. “On Sunday June 11 at 03H11 mn, the 4th Yopougon brigade company was alerted about a landslide in Yopougon’s millionaire district, at the height of Saint Louis junior secondary school in […]