Morocco’s tourism is counting the losses due to the coronavirus pandemic with the number of tourist arrivals plummeting by 78% to 2.2 million in the first nine months of this year. Tourism receipts, key to Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves, shrank 60% to 24.3 billion dirhams, the tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui told MPs. The summer […]
Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed victory against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), while emphasizing that national reconciliation remains possible. Speaking on Sudan’s 70th Independence Day, on Thursday January 1, Burhan said the conflict has united the Sudanese people and strengthened national resolve, particularly in Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting has […]
Intra-African trade, still beyond potential, is poised to grow two-fold in the upcoming five years, secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Wamkele Mene, said. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the world’s largest free trade agreement by number of countries, territory, and population, encompassing 54 African Union member states. Covering […]
