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Thirty-one pregnant women have tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said Thursday. Thirty of these pregnant women showed no symptoms of the disease, and one of them was tested positive while her health condition was rather severe, said director of Epidemiology and Disease Control at […]
Tunisia struggles to downsize public wage bill
Tunisia counts more than 650,000 civil servants that is 5% of the total population of 12 million people, a number that weighs significantly on the state budget. Tunisia has more public sector employees compared to 568,000 in Morocco which has a population three times bigger. The IMF has urged the Tunisian government to cut the […]
Calls Mount for Bolstering G5 Sahel Force
French President Emmanuel Macron called for more support to the counterterrorism Sahel force known as G5. “Money now needs to be disbursed” to allow the five-nation regional force fulfil its tasks, said Macron at a press conference with visiting Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. He also called on other donors like Saudi Arabia to meet their […]


