Zine al Abidine Ben Ali

U.S. Raytheon to Supply Morocco with High-Tech Missiles

Moroccan military capabilities will be enhanced with 317 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles to be supplied by the American defense company Raytheon, according to press reports. The contract awarded to Raytheon also includes 199 Block II captive air-training missiles to be used during military exercises. Sidewinder missiles are infrared-tracking weapons used for short-range air-to-air and […]

Inauguration of Princess Lalla Asmaa Center in Meknes, a regional hub of excellence for comprehensive care for hearing impaired children

Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, inaugurated, on Monday in Meknes, the “Princess Lalla Asmaa” Center, a regional hub of excellence for a comprehensive and entirely free of charge care for hearing- impaired children from neighbouring cities and communes. This Center, the third major structuring establishment of the inclusive model deployed by […]

Hit by Low oil prices, Nigeria opts for borrowing; Algeria chooses to starve its people

The end of the era of expensive oil has put strains on the budgets of Nigeria and Algeria pushing the first to seek foreign borrowing while the latter adamantly sticks to zero borrowing policy at the expense of starving its population. Nigeria, which has a more diversified economy compared to Algeria, is knocking on the […]