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Algeria: government bond investments

Algeria’s finance Minister, Karim Djoudi, has precised that the country will not be buying shares in foreign companies overseas to increase its foreign exchange reserves. He firmly said that “this choice is not part of our policy of foreign exchange reserve management,” reiterating its strategic choice to invest in government bonds, although with modest yield […]

BCIJ dismantles another ISIS-affiliated terrorist cell in Morocco

The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested on Monday three members of an ISIS-linked terror cell in the cities of Errachidia and Tinghir who were planning to carry out terrorist schemes.   Preliminary investigations revealed that the three extremists, aged between 26 and 28, have adopted ISIS extremist rhetoric and sought to recruit other […]

Morocco Efficiently Uses Soft Power to Expand footprint in Africa- World Politics Review

Morocco is illustrative of a rising power that has cannily deployed its soft power toolbox, including investments, human development projects, media, culture and religion to boost stability in the Sahel and Africa. In an article on the World Politics Review on the contribution of four main players in the security arena in the region, Morocco […]