Regional equity, next reform spurred by King Mohammed VI

While Morocco celebrates its status as an emerging nation, it still needs to elaborate “next generation” of reforms to ensure equal development across regions, with a particular attention to rural areas, King Mohammed VI said. Achievements Morocco, thanks to a forward-looking royal vision, has joined the ranks of “high human development” countries and reduced multidimensional […]

Mali: Seven UN peacekeepers wounded in IED attack

Seven soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded last Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off under their convoy, the mission said.   The roadside IED exploded as the convoy went over it 34 kilometers north of the town of Douentza, Mopti Region. No one claimed […]

East Africa’s poor agri-policies, conflicts, low investment blamed for continuing food insecurity

Africa’s continuing poor investments in agricultural production, including use of modern technology, are hurting the continent’s ambitions to feed itself, combined with a rising population that does held the situation, African top brains in food security recently gathering in Dar es Salaam were told. Leaders and experts attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Tanzania’s […]