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Gabon: Ali Bongo appoints new envoy to Morocco

President Ali Bongo has appointed Gabon’s envoy to Togo as his new ambassador to Morocco that hosted him for medical treatment for several months after he suffered a stroke in October while attending an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President Bongo returned home Sunday after he spent a convalescence period in Morocco. At the […]

Libya: HoR Speaker announces further tax reduction on foreign currency transactions

Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, announced on Wednesday, November 20, a further reduction in the tax on foreign currency transactions, lowering it to 15% from the previous 20%. This adjustment applies to all purposes and marks the second decrease in what is commonly referred to as the “dollar tax.” Last October, […]

European tourists stranded in Marrakech airport waiting to be repatriated

Hundreds of European tourists, mostly French, massed in Marrakech airport demanding flights to go home after Morocco banned all flights with 30 countries.   In Agadir, dozen French tourists staged a sit-in in front of their country’s consulate, asking for their repatriation. Morocco halted flights with France, in addition to Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]