Digital innovation transforms Morocco’s traditional savings system

Morocco’s centuries-old rotating savings system, known locally as “daret” or tontine, is undergoing a digital transformation aimed at addressing the financial exclusion affecting 53 percent of the country’s adult population. The new mobile application, developed by former French banking executives Nabil Chakir and Mourad Chokeir, seeks to modernize this informal financial practice while preserving its […]

Daughter of a Spanish fisherman killed by Polisario Chief wants justice

Egregious crimes never die out or fall into oblivion. They usually come back to haunt the killers years after they commit them. the head of the Algeria-backed polisario militias Brahim Ghali is facing serious charges of genocide, rape, murder, terrorism, torture and disappearances. Several Spanish nationals of Sahrawi origin are suing him and the list […]

Mauritania, others welcomes royal decision to dispatch medical aid to African countries

Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismaël ould Cheikh Ahmed has welcomed the decision made by King Mohammed VI to dispatch medical aid to 15 African countries, including Mauritania, to help them in their fight against the coronavirus health crisis, saying the royal decision responds perfectly to the national and regional context. The Foreign Minister’s remarks came after […]