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Morocco, Mauritania launch roadmap to bolster cooperation in road & port infrastructure

Morocco’s Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, and his Mauritanian peer, Mohamed Aly Ould Sidi Mohamed, launched at a meeting held, in Rabat on Tuesday, a roadmap for strengthening bilateral cooperation in infrastructure and ports. The meeting examined the means to launch structuring projects which will have a positive impact in Mauritania, in particular […]

Government, teachers’ unions reach breakthrough agreement

A period of recurrent strikes is about to get wrapped up with a landmark deal between the government and teachers’ main unions providing for wage hikes of up to 1500 dirhams. Teachers led nation-wide strikes this year demanding better wages and more benefits, while urging the government to abstain from applying a new law which […]

Morocco narrows its trade deficit by 7.6% in November

Morocco cut its trade deficit by 7.6% in November thanks to higher exports of the automotive sector and lower energy prices. Morocco’s imports stood at 653 billion dirhams, down 3.3%, while its exports remained almost stable at 392 billion dirhams. A drop in phosphates and by product sales was compensated by an improvement in sales […]