The Wider Image: Desert standoff fuels tensions

Israel’s I.M.S Ovadia Group Ltd to invest $500 million in Moroccan health sector

Morocco’s health ministry and Israel’s IMS Ovadia Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build 5 hospitals in the country for a total cost of 5 billion dirhams ($500 mln). The deal is part of Morocco’s efforts to improve health services and bridge the gap in bed capacity between regions. The five new hospitals will […]

Some €2.5 million worth of humanitarian aid disappeared again in Tindouf

The embezzlement of humanitarian assistance is seemingly an enduring phenomenon in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps although the populations sequestrated there are in dire need of this assistance. A new embezzlement scandal broke out Tuesday, when the canary Islands “La Provincia” daily reported the diversion of some €2.5 million of humanitarian aid provided by the international […]

Africa’s 2023 economic outlook: Global headwinds to continue battering the continent

In 2023, some of Africa’s major economies are expected to suffer from the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war, runaway food price inflation and the tailwinds of the Covid-19 pandemic that caused enormous economic disruption, but experts say that although these negative factors are likely to spill over into this new year, Kenya and Senegal […]