China Africa partnership forum in Addis Ababa

Morocco’s trade deficit eases 23.1%, tourism receipts halve

Morocco’s trade deficit shrunk 23.1% as the pandemic lowered both imports and exports with tourism being the worst hit sector. Tourism revenues dropped 53.8% to 36.3 billion dirhams from 70.7 billion dirhams in 2019 when Morocco received 13 million people. Imports bill dropped 14% thanks in particular to lower energy imports and fewer equipment imports […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Conditional release to nine of Guillaume Soro’s companions

The Ivorian justice conditionally released during the night of Wednesday to Thursday some of the relatives of former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro detained since late December. This measure comes in a context of growing political tensions in the run-up to the presidential election of October. They are 9 out of 19 companions of Guillaume Soro […]

Morocco’s OCP posts 72% rise in first half revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP said its revenue in the first six months rose 72% to a record 56 billion dirhams at a context of higher demand and higher prices in the international market. Fertilizers prices rose in the first half of this year due to supply disruption resulting from the war in Ukraine […]