Morocco’s macroeconomic situation continues to improve. After declining to 2.4 pc in 2014, growth is expected to reach 4.7 pc in 2015 thanks to a good agricultural season and improvements in construction activity, said the International monetary fund (IMF). However, non-agricultural growth remains sluggish, including in sectors related to tourism, which are affected by geopolitical […]
The restrictive measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have dealt a blow to the inflow of hard currency from the tourism business in Morocco that has been offset so far by a surge in remittances from Moroccans abroad. In the first ten months this year Morocco’s foreign exchange regulator has reported a record 80 billion […]
The recent joint operation between dozens of troops from Niger and France’s legendary Foreign Legion reflects the new approach President Emmanuel Macron wants to use for his country’s mission in West Africa’s deeply troubled Sahel region. The joint operation has been symbolic of France’s new mode of cooperation with Niger, part of a strategy which […]
