Noor Ouarzazate

Morocco reports positive 2023 budget execution despite challenges

Morocco’s 2023 budget execution delivered positive results despite complex international and domestic challenges, Budget Minister Fouzi Lekjaa told Parliament’s Public Finance Control Committee Tuesday while presenting settlement law project 07.25. The global economy showed resilience with inflation declining to 6.6% from 8.6% in 2022, though growth slowed to 3.3% due to persistent crises and escalating […]

Wagner in Africa: Prigozhin’s mutiny against Kremlin sends jitters across the continent

The Wagner Group’s mutiny against the Kremlin last week (23-24 June) could have major repercussions for the group’s operations in Africa, not least in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali and other countries whose leaders have reportedly become very worried that the developments in Russia would bring an end to Wagner’s operations in their respective […]

Senegal-Mauritania: 2Stv Warned for Criticizing Nouakchott

The Senegalese private TV channel 2Stv has received a warning from the country’s authorities for airing a program calling for armed protest against Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, reports say. The private channel reportedly aired on January 20 a program in which Ahmed Vall Messaoud, a former Mauritanian governor and now a human right […]