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COVID-19: Morocco bans New Year’s Eve celebrations, adopts other precautionary measures

The Moroccan government announced, on Monday, a ban on New Year’s Eve celebrations, as part of a set of measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Besides banning all New Year’s Eve celebrations, the measures also include banning the organization of parties and special events in hotels, restaurants, and tourist establishments. Restaurants and cafes […]

Tunisia: Price-wage spiral led to key interest rate increase -BCT

The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) explained the raising of its key interest rate by “past and recent wage increases that are likely to maintain a price-wage spiral.” This spiral is very detrimental to the economy and accentuates macro-economic imbalances because of the impact on the consumption of imported products, the BCT said, according to […]

Mali-Russia talks held in Moscow as Bamako struggles for control of restive north

Mali’s top diplomat has met with his Russian counterpart in Moscow for talks aiming to boost security cooperation between the two countries just as Bamako is struggling to take a full control of the country’s restive north. Addressing journalists in Moscow, Mali’s foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov earlier this week […]