King launches construction of Tower MVI nov 1 2018

Morocco’s BCP Bank gets $100 Mln loan from EBRD to mitigate COVID-19 impact

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved on Thursday a $100 million loan to Moroccan “Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) to support local small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan is the second to the country under the EBRD Solidarity Package, set up to meet the immediate short-term financing needs of existing […]

Mass migrant return from Ceuta as Eldorado myth shattered by racism, violence, and abuse

The bulk majority of the near 60,000 migrants- mostly young Moroccans- who crossed into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta this week have streamed back home. Their hopes of a better life in Europe were crushed by hunger, hostility, violence and the harsh realization that conditions on the other side of the colonial barrier were worse […]

Water cuts trigger unrest in Western Algeria

The city of Tiaret in western Algeria has been rocked by violent clashes as citizens take to the streets torching tires and protesting water cuts. Videos shared on social media showed Tiaret citizens blocking roads and denouncing 20 days of water outage, after a dam that supplies the city went empty. Algeria’s media, mostly mouthpieces […]