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Mali: UNTM issues ultimatum to new transitional Prime Minister

The new Prime Minister of the Malian transition, Choguel Maïga, met Tuesday with members of the National Workers’ Union of Mali (UNTM), the country’s largest trade union, which has been making a series of demands for months.   The case of the compressed workers of the former state enterprises, the harmonization of the index grids […]

Sahara: Polisario’s trip to London, an unsuccessful attempt

After UK has joined the United States, France and other western allies in supporting Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group has sent lately a delegation to London in a desperate attempt to reverse UK supportive position of Morocco’ s Autonomy Plan. The move of the separatists comes after the United Kingdom […]

Morocco receives record 12.3 million tourists in 2018

Morocco closed 2018 with a record number of 12.3 million tourists visiting the country, that is an 8.3% rise compared with 2017, the tourism ministry said. Tourism revenues rose to 73.15 billion dirhams in 2018, from 69.7 billion dirhams in 2017, making the sector one of the main sources of hard currency for Morocco. With […]