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Algeria forces Caritas charity out of the country

Algerian authorities have asked the Caritas charity to end all its activities in the country, a decision which the Catholic church said will enter into force on October 1. The closure of Caritas is a new authoritarian move taken by the Algerian military regime which turned the country into a big prison preventing international charities […]

Morocco expects to leave FATF grey list in 2023

Morocco is poised to leave the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that will facilitate Morocco’s access to international debt market and improve its sovereign rating, central bank governor said. The bank hiked its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 2.5% as it expects inflation to surge to […]

Morocco’s Inflation Falls for Second Straight Month in August

Morocco’s consumer price index fell 0.3% year-on-year in August 2026, marking a second consecutive month of negative annual inflation after a 0.6% decline in July, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The drop was driven primarily by a 3.9% annual fall in food prices, which more than offset a 2.5% rise in non-food […]