Société Maghrébine de Monétique

Niger: dispute with Benin, rebel attacks force junta to look for alternative oil export routes

Niger is considering routing its oil through neighboring Chad and Cameroon, instead of using a China-backed pipeline running from Niger to Benin’s coast, after protracted diplomatic disputes with the latter and a recent rebel attack that damaged the vital pipeline. The China-backed pipeline, which the junta in Niamey hoped would turn Niger into an oil-exporting […]

Morocco: Elections campaign kicked off on Thursday

The campaign for the legislative, regional and local elections scheduled to take place on September 8 kicked off on Thursday (00H00), marking the beginning of an important step towards the consolidation of democratic practice in Morocco.   The campaign, which will end on Tuesday, September 7 at midnight, is an opportunity for the 32 political […]

Morocco-Mauritania: Rabat regrets Mauritania’s reckless action

Rabat has summoned Mauritanian ambassador to Morocco to protest against hoisting of the Mauritanian flag by Mauritanian soldiers in the border town of Lagouira, South of Morocco, reports say. “Rabat is extremely displeased with Mauritanian soldiers’ who hoisted their country’s flag on a territory that entirely belongs to the kingdom of Morocco,” Moroccan daily Akhbar […]