france-algeria-cooperation

Morocco, top outperforming FDI destination in 2023

Morocco was the top outperforming destination of the Greenfield Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2023, as it attracted worldwide commitments totaling $34 billion worth of investment projects. These pledges are projected to double the previous all-time high of $15.8 billion set in 2008, fDi Markets said in a recently released report. The North African country […]

Morocco Tops North African Countries in Sustainable Economic Development

Morocco has ranked first in North Africa and third in the continent in terms of sustainable economic development, said the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Sustainable economic development has enabled Morocco to improve its economic governance notes the 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) which rates 54 African nations against criteria such as security, human […]

Africa’s Pinochet temporarily released from prison due to COVID-19

Chad’s former ruler Hissene Habre has been granted two months leave from prison in Senegal, where he is serving life for crimes against humanity. The prison is being used to hold new detainees in coronavirus quarantine. Habre, who ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990, was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at an […]