benchaaboun & Ferid Belhaj

Morocco, a gateway for US investments in Africa

Marrakech is currently hosting the US-Africa business summit, a forum that connects the business community in Africa and the US to prospect for win-win investment opportunities in the African infrastructure sector. Holding the event in Marrakech “is an enshrinement of the natural role of the Kingdom as a gateway to Africa and a link with […]

Morocco to increase non-phosphate revenue to $1.6 billion by 2030

Morocco aims to increase non-phosphate mining revenue to 1.6 billion from 730 million dollars in 2020, the energy and mining ministry said in its newly unveiled 2025-2030 development plan. The plan also provides for raising investments in prospection and research to 450 million dirhams, the ministry said. The mining sector contributes by up to 10% […]

Mauritania: IRA Movement Leader Vows to Remove President by 2019

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will not rule Mauritania beyond 2019, end of his current tenure, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) has told sympathizers. Mauritania has been embroiled in a political crisis after it became clear that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz wanted […]