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Morocco stores 50 million masks for post-confinement

Morocco has amassed a reserve of 50 million masks to make sure there are enough to meet the domestic market’s demand after easing the coronavirus lockdown, Industry and Trade Minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said. Speaking to MPs Monday, Elalamy shed light on the progress of Moroccan industry in making anti-coronavirus clothing and equipment as well […]

Tunisia’s Middle Class under Threat

In order to deal with the envisaged decline in state revenues, Tunisia is planning to introduce tax hikes and subsidy cuts in the budget for 2014. Not surprisingly, this unpopular call has already triggered a wave of controversy, while economists agree that all in all the entire draft of the 2014 budget is inevitably facing […]

Senegal: Nine people killed in clashes after condemnation of opposition figure Sonko

Nine people were killed Thursday in clashes in the wake of a court condemnation of opposition iconic member Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years’ imprisonment on a charge of “corrupting young people”. Protests erupted in several cities of the country following the court’s Thursday decision, in support to Sonko […]