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Morocco’s handicrafts exports grow to $1 bln- minister

Morocco’s handicrafts exports grew to $1 billion in 2023, up 7% from a year earlier, tourism minister said. Speaking at a fair in Rabat, Fatima Zahra Ammour said her department was working to preserve 32 handicrafts. Morocco’s colourful and diversified handicrafts employ 20% of the total Moroccan workforce. Despite its strong social dimension, the sector […]

MENA Integration Needed for Security

Because of the mounting security situation in the region of Sahel, closer cooperation and integration in Maghreb is needed. According to the final concluding remarks of the 11th Morocco-EU Association Council, the EU28 stressed the salience of tight cooperation between the MENA and Sahel-Sahara region. The effort of closer collaboration between Sahel and Maghreb was […]

Egypt: Forced Evictions, Other Reprisals Slap Human Rights Defenders -UN Expert

Two United Nations rights experts have denounced the Egyptian government for its reprisals against human rights defenders who dared to talk to a visiting UN delegation that was enquiring on housing in the North African country. The reprisals included housing demolitions and arbitrary arrests, against human rights defenders and others. Special Rapporteur on the right […]