Morocco’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.97 children per woman in 2024, dropping below the generational replacement threshold of 2.1 for the first time in the country’s demographic history, according to a study published by France’s Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED). The finding marks a structural turning point: below the replacement level, the population renews […]
Compagnie Minière de Touissit (CMT) recorded consolidated revenue of 342 million dirhams in the first quarter of 2026, a rise of 102.4 percent compared with the same period a year earlier. The performance was driven primarily by a sharp increase in concentrate sales, up 40 percent, in a market environment characterized by exceptionally favorable international […]
At least 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s northern oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, adding that they were reportedly being forced into labor, used to transport looted goods, and in some cases turned into child soldiers or forced into marriage. The kidnappings mark […]
