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Moroccan government, central bank at odds over inflation

Morocco’s central bank and the Moroccan government are pursuing policies that are triggering opposite impacts on inflation. As the central bank tightens its monetary policy by raising the key interest rate for the third time in a row to 3%, the government continues its expansive budgetary policy in line with its goals to spur private […]

Libya: Sarkozy rejects receiving €50m from Gaddafi to finance the 2007 elections

Former French President and 2017 presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims by French and Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine who underlined that the French politician received 50 million Euros from the former Libyan ruler for his 2007 presidential campaign. Takieddine, in a video-taped interview published by French investigative website Mediapart, repeated that he gave three […]

Religious ceremony, chaired by King Mohammed VI, commemorates 26th anniversary of passing of late King Hassan II

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, chaired, this Sunday oct. 13 (corresponding to 09 Rabii II 1446 of the Hegira), a religious ceremony at the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat, in commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the passing of the late King Hassan II. The ceremony, during which King Mohammed VI was accompanied […]