Head of the International Organization for Migration William Lacy Swing, who visited Libya this week, said this North African country remains a top priority for the UN agency. Swing, who is accompanied by Vincent Houver, IOM deputy director for Emergencies, Othman Belbeisi, IOM Chief of Mission in Libya and other IOM Libya staff, met with […]
The World Bank Vice-Pdt for the MENA region Farid Belhaj has voiced the bank’s readiness to increase its support to Morocco in social and economic sectors to enable the Kingdom take up development challenges. At separate meetings in Rabat with Head of Government Saad Dine El Otmani and Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance Mohamed […]
Several industrial facilities in Mali’s western Kayes region were attacked on Sunday, January 11, as suspected jihadists linked to al-Qaeda expanded their campaign from fuel blockades to direct strikes on economic infrastructure. According to reports published this Monday, three factories producing cement, lime and plaster — owned by Malian and Indian businessmen — were targeted […]
