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Morocco to Undertake one Last Test in Feb 2018 before Launch of Africa’s First TGV

Africa’s first high speed train will be launched in Morocco in 2018 after conducting one last test next February, state-owned railway operator ONCF said. The latest tests were staged successfully at a speed of 320 km per hour earlier this week, ONCF said in a statement. The over 2 billion-dollar project has been in development […]

IMF : Morocco’s Economic Growth To Reach 4.4 PC in 2017

Morocco’s economic growth has picked up in 2017 and is expected to reach 4.4 percent mostly driven by a significant rebound in agricultural activity, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Inflation has declined further and credit growth is recovering”, while the current account deficit is projected to improve in 2017 to 3.9 percent of GDP, […]

EU Trust Fund Bêkou for Central African Republic extended until 2020

The European Commission announced this Wednesday the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end of 2020.   The Bêkou Trust Fund (meaning “hope” in Sango) was created in July 2014 to address the political and security crisis of 2013 in CAR and remains a critical instrument to […]