AfDB loans Morocco €350 mln, promises €650 mln for World Cup infrastructure financing

The African Development Bank signed a loan agreement worth 350 million euros in support of Moroco’s economic governance, climate resilience, water management, and industry as it also plans to extend a financing of 650 million euros to help Morocco develop transport infrastructure. As part of the first loan, signed during the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) […]

French Foreign Minister in Morocco to prepare for Macron’s visit

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected in Morocco Saturday (June 8) for a working visit during which he will discuss the upcoming visit to Morocco by French president Emmanuel Macron. The French minister will meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, le360.ma said, adding that the French President will visit Morocco after a Gulf […]

CAR: 12 combatants of an armed group killed by peacekeepers

Twelve members of an armed group died in a clash with UN peacekeepers and government troops as they tried to enter a city in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR). The fighting erupted on Sunday after the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa (FPRC) entered the flashpoint town of Birao before being repelled, government […]