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Morocco’s tourism GDP surges 38.4 percent in post-pandemic recovery

Morocco’s tourism sector has confirmed its robust post-pandemic momentum with the tourism gross domestic product registering a remarkable 38.4 percent increase in 2024 compared to 2019 levels, according to the Tourism Satellite Account published by the High Commission for Planning. The sector’s contribution to national GDP strengthened from 6.8 percent to 7.3 percent, reflecting tourism’s […]

Morocco: Platinum Power & Chinese CFHEC ink deal for hydro-power projects across Africa

Platinum Power and Chinese state-run engineering company CFHEC have agreed partner in the financing and construction renewable energy projects across the African continent, reports say. Both companies during agreement signed in Beijing Wednesday, also to partner for the construction a $300 million hydropower plant in central Morocco, Platinum Power’s chief executive Omar Belmamoun told media. […]

Arab Spring and Burma Transitions: Different Societies but Same Hopes and Aspirations

The transitions away from authoritarian rule in North Africa and Burma (also known as Myanmar) have often been compared to one another, highlighting major challenges but also reasons for hope. When Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of Burmese opposition, addressed the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in New York in 2011, […]