2021 elections: High turnout in Sahara provinces translates inhabitants’ commitment to their Moroccanness

The high voters’ turnout in the Moroccan southern provinces during the general elections held on Sept.8 translates the attachment of the inhabitants of these provinces to their Moroccan identity, said Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, in letters sent to the UN Secretary-General and to the President and members of the Security […]

Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves improve by 16.1% in October

Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves rose 16.1% compared to the same period last year, the Central bank, Bank Al Maghreb said. By October 14, Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 250.1 billion dirhams up from 248.9 billion dirhams registered in the first week of September, the central bank said in its weekly statistics. This improvement of […]

China pushes its agenda, exploiting Western vacuum in Africa’s Sahel region — analysts

Amid the upheaval in Sahel in the last decade, characterized by a series of military takeovers, growing insecurity and surging anti-Western sentiment, China has seized on the opportunity to expand its military, geopolitical, and economic presence in this volatile region, analysts say. Despite the challenges facing the region, the scramble among major powers for the […]