Thanks to an economic recovery and better tax revenue, the Moroccan government reduced its fiscal deficit to 6% of GDP in 2021 from 7% a year earlier, the finance ministry said. The deficit stood at 70.9 billion dirhams, down from 82.3 billion dirhams in 2020, a year in which Morocco imposed a three-month long lockdown […]
A 30-year old woman blew herself up on Monday near a police patrol in a busy avenue in Tunisia’s capital. Twenty people were injured in the suicide bombing, 15 law enforcement agents and 5 civilians including two children, according to a latest report released by the spokesman of the Directorate General of National Security, Walid […]
The 2020-2030 defense cooperation deal between Morocco and the US will benefit friendly African countries, said US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the landmark agreement, Esper highlighted the longstanding partnership between the US and Morocco citing a convergence of views regarding a range of security threats. “Morocco is a […]
