Morocco’s trade deficit dropped to 61.9 billlion dirhams, down 14.6%, thanks to higher exports and lower imports, the foreign exchange office said. Morocco’s automotive sector topped exports with 38.8 billion dirhams, up 13%, offsetting a 2.3% drop in phosphates exports at 17.6 billion dirhams. Morocco’s energy imports dropped in value by 13.6% to 28 billion […]
Moroccan Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali won his second consecutive world championship title in the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase at the World Athletics Championship held in Budapest. El Bakkali romped to victory in 8:03.53, advancing comfortably world record holder Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia (8:05.44). Kenyan Abraham Kibiwot finished third clocking 8:11.98. “After winning in Eugene […]
A parallel government installed by Libya’s parliament and seeking to oust the ruling executive in Tripoli was sworn in Thursday, plunging the country into an institutional crisis reminiscent of the darkest hours of the civil war. The parliamentary-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bachagha, and part of his team were sworn in before MPs in Tobruk, in […]
