Morocco’s Insurance Market Posts 17% Premium Growth in First Quarter of 2026

Morocco’s insurance market opened 2026 with robust momentum, recording total premiums of 21.3 billion dirhams in the first quarter — a 17.2% increase on the same period in 2025, according to data published by the Insurance and Social Welfare Supervisory Authority (ACAPS). The life insurance segment was the primary driver of growth, with premiums rising […]

Combustible material for mass popular protests in Algeria piles up

The spectre of mass protests – known as the Hirak- is haunting the Algerian military regime as the country reels under an economic crisis that it failed to cover using diplomatic and ideological indulgences. The Algerian people brace to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Hirak that put an end to Bouteflika’s rule nears on […]

Tunisian coastguards pull 13 bodies of migrants off Sfax

Migrants continue to die in scores in Tunisia. Few days after two bodies were found in the border area with Algeria, Tunisian coastguards recovered the bodies of 13 sub-Saharans off the city of Sfax, where clashes erupted between locals backed by the police and migrants last week. Rights group deplored use of force by Tunisian […]