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Morocco’s central bank maintains key rate at 2.75%

Morocco’s central bank maintained its benchmark rate at 2.75% amid decreasing inflation. The bank said inflation would decrease to 1.3% this year as a result of falling food prices, the main driver for inflation in the country. Inflation would increase slightly to 2.2% in 2025 as the government negotiates a new wave of price hikes […]

Why Migration Processing Centers won’t Solve EU’s Migration Problem

The EU has been thinking of outsourcing the management of migration and asylum to North African countries where most migrants are taking the perilous sea route to Europe. The idea of setting up migrant processing centers is winning support in the EU but has been met with utter rejection by Morocco, Algeria and tunisia. “Morocco […]

Egypt appoints first Coptic Christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court

The Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi Wednesday named the country’s first coptic christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court, the highest judicial body. The Egyptian leader picked Judge Boulos Fahmy, 65, from the five oldest of the court’s 15 sitting judges, as required by law, and is the 19th judge to preside over the court since […]