The Ins and Outs of Mauritania’s Decision to Seal off its Borders with Algeria

The decision by Mauritanian authorities to seal off borders with Algeria as a military zone forbidden to civilians is the tree that hides the forest. The closing of the borders signals cracks in the Algerian-Mauritanian short-lived alliance. As Mauritania tilts towards its Sahel neighbors in their efforts to counter the terrorism scourge, it takes steps […]

UNDP supports Morocco’s green SMEs, drivers of inclusive growth

UN Development Program Country Office in Morocco has hosted a meeting in honor of selected Moroccan SME for the “UNDP Green Growth & Jobs Accelerator Project”, which supports green & sustainable transition of SMEs while enabling green jobs for women and youth in the Kingdom. The four-year program of the UN agency, which started in […]

Over 2.5 million passengers used Morocco’s high-speed rail in a year

Morocco’s high-speed train link between Casablanca and Tangier has proved skeptics wrong as it attracted 2.5 million people in a year after its launch, head of state-owned rail operator ONCF Mohamed Rabii Lakhlie said, noting that basic rail service has been used by 15 million passengers in a year. ONCF said the high-speed connection is […]