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UNCTAD: Illicit financial flows costs Morocco, Africa billions of dollars

A United Nations report, issued this week, said that illicit financial flows out of Morocco amounted to about 16.6 billion dollars during the years 2013-2014.   This came in a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which revealed that the African continent loses about 88.6 billion dollars annually due to […]

Morocco’s Royal Air Force Takes Part in Military Drills in UAE

Morocco’s Royal Air Force (FRA) sent its F-16 fighter jets to take part in the “Advanced Tactical Leadership Course” (ATLC) held in the Al Dhafra air base, 30 km away from Abu Dhabi. The exercise brings together air forces of Gulf countries in addition to Egypt, the US and the UK, said the website Far-Maroc […]

Tunisia: Synagogue firebombed amid nationwide protests

Some unknown assailants attacked Tuesday night a Jewish synagogue on the island of Djerba as the country grapples with protests denouncing austerity policies initiated by the Government. “There was a failed attempt to burn down the synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Djerba through the use of Molotov cocktails, but thank God, no one was […]