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Countries dependent on commodities hit 20-year high; Sub Saharan Africa hardest-affected region

The number of countries that depend on commodities has reached its highest level in 20 years, says a new UNCTAD report, noting that commodity dependence affects developing countries almost exclusively. According to the State of Commodity Dependence Report 2019 released last week, dependence on commodities affects 85% of least developed countries, 81% of landlocked developing […]

France ends visa-free entry for Algerian diplomats

France has re-imposed visa requirements for holders of Algerian diplomatic passports, in reaction to Algeria’s refusal to take its nationals expelled by France for violating local laws. Some 10,000 members of the Algerian nomenklatura and their families have diplomatic passports, offering them visa-free access to France under a bilateral deal signed in 2007. French interior […]

Morocco reduces self-isolation period for travelers from Covid-19 unsafe countries

Morocco has updated its anti-coronavirus restrictive measures asking nationals and foreign residents coming from countries where the virus is on the surge to self-isolate at home for five days. The move dispels doubt and defuses tension after many travelers, mostly from the Moroccan diaspora, voiced complaints following a government’s move to impose ten-day isolation at […]