Nearly a thousand Sahrawi NGOs hail freedom in Morocco

Several Sahrawi human rights & development NGOs operating in the Moroccan Sahara have hailed the freedom, which is governed in Morocco by an evolving and credible institutional and legal framework. In a letter sent to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, 925 NGOs said: “as local Sahrawi organizations operating freely on their […]

IMF Chief Hails Morocco’s Economic Performance

Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, has hailed the performance of the Moroccan economy and reaffirmed the support of the International Monetary Fund to the efforts made by the country to speed up reforms to promote a stronger and inclusive growth. The remarks were made at a meeting held in Washington with Moroccan economy […]

Benin: Rice Imports Decline after Nigeria’s Border Closure

The closure of Benin’s land borders with Nigeria since August has resulted in a drastic drop in the country’s rice imports from Asia. The information was revealed by the Observatory of International Rice Statistics (Osiriz) in its latest economic outlook released in December. Nigeria, one of Africa’s superpowers, closed all its land borders to tackle […]