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African countries to dominate ranking of world’s rapidly growing economies- UN agency

African countries are expected to post the highest growth rates this year globally, said the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a UN agency. Niger, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, and Rwanda are expected to be world’s top growth performers, according to an ECA report. Niger and Senegal, in particular, are expected start reaping the benefits of […]

Morocco-COVID-19: State of health emergency extended until 30 April 2022

The Moroccan Government decided Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until April, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted, this Thursday, March 24, a draft decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, extending the state of […]

Morocco’s Inflation Ticks Up to 1.7% in April, Fuel Prices the Key Driver

Morocco’s consumer price index rose 1.7 percent in April 2026 on a twelve-month rolling basis, ticking up from the 1.1 percent recorded in March, according to data published Friday by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The headline figure remains comfortably below the two percent threshold set as the reference level by monetary authorities, and […]