Cash in circulation in Morocco rose 18.5% year-on-year to 491 billion dirhams (53.9 billion dollars) in 2025, highlighting the economy’s continued reliance on cash despite efforts to expand digital payments, according to Morocco’s central bank. Cash in circulation was equivalent to 28.5% of gross domestic product, the central bank said in its annual report, warning […]
Rebels in the Tigray region have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed in November last year to end a grueling conflict in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said. The disarmament is a key part of the peace deal signed two months ago between the government […]
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that price stability is “is a prerequisite for growth and it protects people, especially the poor.” This means the fight against inflation remains paramount. In her address at the plenary session of the 2023 annual meetings of the World Bank and the […]
