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Despite earthquake, Morocco’s tourism industry shows resilience on path to new record

Morocco is on course to break its tourist arrivals record with 11.5 million people visiting the country up to September this year, a figure that exceeds total arrivals in 2022, the tourism ministry said. “Timing couldn’t be more perfect to announce record September arrivals than during the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF […]

Bill of Imported Refined Products Rises to $2.5 billion in Strikingly Oil-rich Algeria

Algerian authorities are alarmed by the rising bill of refined products, which hit $2.5 billion in 2017 up from 800 million in 2016 due to a surge in domestic demand and lack of national refining industry. As Algeria feels the heat of an economic and financial crisis propelled by the oil price plunge, the country […]

Royal Atlantic Initiative reflects Morocco’s continental integration vision

A strategic conference held in Rabat Thursday focused on the maritime strategic challenges of Atlantic Africa. The event comes months after King Mohammed VI launched the Atlantic Initiative in November 2023, outlining an ambitious geopolitical project at the intersection of sovereignty, development, and regional integration. The conference, organized by the Policy Center for the New […]