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Moroccan Banks Vying for African Banker Awards 2017

Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank, la Caisse Centrale de Garantie and le Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc are among the major African banks vying for the 2017 African Banker Awards in various categories. These Awards are hosted by the African Banker Magazine. The winners will be announced during a ceremony to be held during the Annual Meetings […]

FAO progresses in fight against locusts in East Africa, Yemen; challenges remain

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, said this Monday May 11 that significant gains had been made in the fight against the desert locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen. He stressed, however, that more needs to be done to prevent a food security crisis, as the ongoing rainy season […]

Israel: Cartoon mocking foreign reporters on the war in Gaza withdrawn

Israeli authorities have pulled on Monday the cartoon mocking foreign reporters who have covered the war in Gaza last year. The cartoon deliberately criticized foreign reporters for taking Palestinian side and was launched ahead of the UN report on war crimes committed by Hamas and Israel. The cartoon showed a foreign journalist reporting form Gaza […]