Morocco is set to strengthen its air defense deterrence capabilities with the upcoming acquisition of US-made 600 FIM-92K Stinger Block I missiles. The deal, worth $825 million, was cleared by the State Department with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency saying that Lockheed Martin will serve as the principal contractors for the project. The new missiles […]
The IMF expects Morocco’s economy to grow 6.3%, the highest rates among its MENA peers, as the country continues its fiscal and monetary stimulus. Morocco’s economic performance is also credited thanks to its “successful vaccination campaign” which enabled the country to contain the pandemic and allow the economy to rebound, the IMF said after its […]
With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, many inhabitants of large African cities choose to flee and go back to their home villages. A movement of this kind has never been witnessed in Africa in peacetime. For several days now, hundreds of Malagasy people have been leaving the capital, Antananarivo, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
