Morocco’s New Support Program Targets Small Business Investment and Employment

Delegate Minister for Investment, Convergence and Public Policy Evaluation Karim Zidane affirmed that Morocco’s new support framework for very small, small, and medium enterprises strongly favors investment and job creation. Speaking at the seventh regional information caravan stop dedicated to presenting the new framework in the Casablanca-Settat region, Zidane explained the operation implements the new […]

Tunisia: Powerful labor union vows to oppose socio-economic reforms requested by lenders

UGTT, Tunisia’s powerful labor union, has pledged to stand in the way of the economic and social reforms wanted by international lenders prior to any financial package to be offered to the North African country. Noureddine Taboubi, leader of the UGTT, on Wednesday took aim at a government document detailing the planned economic and social […]

UNESCO: Morocco hails adoption of ‘Global Priority Africa’ Resolution

Morocco praised, on Friday, the adoption by UNESCO members of the resolution “Global Priority Africa”. The resolution, co-authored by Morocco, was adopted by consensus, after tough negotiations, during the 209th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board, particularly on the question of the restitution of cultural property. The resolution provides for the launch of a flagship program […]