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Thomas Cook collapse: Moroccan hotels to lose over $20 million

The collapse of British airline Thomas Cook will cost Moroccan hotels over $20 million (200 million dirhams) in due payments, said Morocco’s tourism operators. The local media is also speaking of a loss of 100,000 annually. Last year Thomas Cook carried 102,000 tourists mainly from Britain to the cities of Agadir and Marrakech. The tourism […]

Opposition group asks Algeria to stay away from Tunisian domestic affairs

The Tunisian Salvation Front asked Algeria to abstain from meddling in Tunisia’s domestic politics following remarks by the Algerian president who spoke about an Algerian role in “averting Tunisian collapse” or mediating between Tunisian political players. Under a President that sent Tunisia back to authoritarianism, Tunisia faces real prospects of economic collapse amid high inflation, […]

DRC wants bigger slice from proceeds generated by China’s mining companies

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is pushing for an audit of the country’s mining contracts with China, which it says heavily favor Beijing, arguing that the Central African country wants a bigger slice of the proceeds from the mining and export of its resources by Chinese companies. DRC’s national assembly speaker Christophe Mboso has […]