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Moroccan household purchasing power improves 5.1 Points in 2024 amid moderate inflation

Moroccan household purchasing power improved 5.1 points in 2024 compared to 1.8 points in 2023, according to the High Commission for Planning. The enhancement follows consumer price index evolution of just 0.9 percent reached in 2024, significantly below previous years. Household gross disposable income recorded 6.7 percent growth to reach 1,059.7 billion dirhams in 2024, […]

Algeria’s Sonatrach signs $1 billion gas plant deal

India-based conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has signed an agreement with Algerian state-owned Sonatrach to develop three new gas treatment and compression plants on pre-existing gas fields in the North African nation. The agreement comprises detailed engineering studies, supply management of materials for the construction, trials and commissioning, training of personnel and operational assistance. The plant […]

Kenya on three-day mourning after chief of staff death in helicopter crush

Kenya has declared a three-day mourning following a helicopter crush that killed chief of staff Francis Ogolla and nine other people on board. Only two people survived the crash which occurred soon after take-off west of the country, President William Ruto said. Ogolla departed Nairobi on Thursday to visit troops in the North Rift region […]