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Mauritania: Government Warns Opposition against Involving Defense Forces in Politics

As Mauritania heads towards presidential elections next year, the regime of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has warned the opposition to refrain from wooing the army to intervene in the country’s politics. The warning was made by Defense Minister Jallow Mamadou Bhatia Sunday at a press conference in capital Nouakchott. The opposition, Middle East Monitor reports, […]

Morocco chairs board of directors of Arab Union of Electricity

Director of Morocco’s state owned utility company (ONEE), Abderrahim El Hafidi, acting chairman of the Arab Union of Electricity (AUE), chaired on Wednesday, a videoconference meeting of the board of directors of this Union which is gathering all Arab power companies. During this 53rd meeting held remotely due to Covid-19, the director of the “Office […]

Morocco receives record 12.3 million tourists in 2018

Morocco closed 2018 with a record number of 12.3 million tourists visiting the country, that is an 8.3% rise compared with 2017, the tourism ministry said. Tourism revenues rose to 73.15 billion dirhams in 2018, from 69.7 billion dirhams in 2017, making the sector one of the main sources of hard currency for Morocco. With […]