Morocco Migrants

Senegal: nearly 800kg of cocaine seized at Dakar port

Senegalese custom forces discovered Sunday 789 kilograms of cocaine in brand new cars shipped from Brazil following similar seizure late last month.   The 789kg were dissimulated in 15 brand new cars put in a consignment. The shipment came from Brazil, authorities told media. Fifteen people, all of them Senegalese, have been arrested in connection […]

Morocco to issue dollar-denominated bond in 2023- Central Bank

Morocco would issue a dollar-denominated bond in 2023, the first since 2020, the central bank said. Morocco has yet to recover its investment grade although its most recent foreign debt issue was successful. Domestically, central bank official Youness Issami said the central bank has proceeded to purchases of treasury bonds for the first time The […]

Morocco reaps diplomatic gains of soft power in Africa

Morocco is reaping the diplomatic benefits of its south-south cooperation approach and multi-layered African policy capitalizing on soft power. The return to the African Union after more than three decades of absence was a point of inflection showing the Kingdom’s growing clout notably in West Africa, a region in which Moroccan banks and companies have […]