Mauritania has announced that it will vote in favor of Morocco’s return to the African Union, local media said. “The Mauritanian government has responded positively to Morocco’s willingness to regain its seat in the African Union,” Al Massae daily paper reported, quoting a Mauritanian diplomatic source. The Mauritanian support for Morocco’s bid to regain its […]
Safi Said, a critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied who had initially announced his candidacy for the presidency before withdrawing, was arrested on Tuesday August 20 for illegally crossing the border into Algeria, according to local media reports on Wednesday August 21. The 70-year-old former MP and writer, who was sentenced to four months in […]
Morocco’s banking sector enters an AI-defined growth phase from a position of strength, according to the third edition of Boston Consulting Group’s Future of Finance 2026 report, which analyses the performance of nearly 1,500 financial institutions, including major African markets. In 2025, Moroccan banks recorded approximately 8 percent growth in their consolidated balance sheets, while […]
