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Morocco: AfDB approves €120 million loan to support entrepreneurs, SMEs, stimulate recovery

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday in Abidjan approved a €120 million loan to Morocco to implement the country’s Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, and the support program to very small & medium enterprises (SMEs).   The Bank’s support will enable companies in difficulty to recover their activity and safeguard jobs […]

Morocco takes concrete steps to foster welfare, safety nets

Morocco’s plan to generalize social protection and safety nets is on track. Concrete measures, spurred by King Mohammed VI, have been taken to strengthen welfare with the aim of achieving social justice and promoting the health offer. In a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI Wednesday, the broad lines of this ambitious project, described as […]

Syria: Several US forces die in terror attack as pullout commences

A bomb attack in northern town of Manbij killed Wednesday several people including three US forces whose patrol appeared to be the target of the attack amid beginning of pullout, reports say. The blast claimed by the Islamic State group (ISIS), according reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) based in the UK, […]