Morocco’s Central Bank Partners with World Bank to Promote Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas

Bank Al Maghrib, Morocco’s central Bank has teamed up with the World Bank to promote the use of digital money transfer services for the benefit of the inhabitants in rural zones. The two financial institutions have launched the «Douar Tour» initiative which seeks to inform rural populations about the various financial services available for money […]

Middle Eastern Conflicts and Ebola Outbreak Hamper UN Development Goals

UNITED NATIONS – “The current crisis in South Sudan, Iraq, and Syria and the outbreak of Ebola are stretching the abilities of the United Nations,” said Bettina Leuscher, Chief Spokesperson of the World Food Program (WFP) on September 21st in a panel discussion organized by the United Nations Foundation in New York. In less than […]

UN Secretary General Condemns Attack on Moroccan Peacekeepers in CAR

UN Secretary General vigorously condemned the attack on a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) known as The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Four UN peacekeepers have been missing, three Cambodians and one Moroccan, since the ambush by Christian rebel group, Anti-Balaka, […]