The Moroccan government is elaborating a budget bill forecasting growth at 4.5% in 2023 after 1.5% in 2021, assuming an average agricultural output. Growth has decelerated in 2021 as the country faces the worst drought in decades, coupled with imported inflation pressures affecting the trade balance due to higher energy imports. The 2023 growth forecast […]
Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan military commander, has pounded positions of ally forces of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in the city of Sirte formerly controlled by the Islamic state group, ISIS. The three air raids were launched Friday, Libyan Express reports, adding that two strikes hit the Sirte Protection Force’s personnel, killing […]
A group of 40 States have reiterated steadfast backing for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory and welcomed UN Security Council Resolution 2797, endorsing the Moroccan Autonomy under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In their joint statement made at the 62nd session of UN Human Rights Council convening in Geneva, these countries commended UN Security […]
