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Morocco Unveils Landmark Public Finance Reform Strategy Targeting 2032

Morocco has adopted its first-ever comprehensive public finance management strategy, setting out a structured reform roadmap to 2032. Drawn up with the support of major international partners and grounded in the findings of a PEFA assessment — the internationally recognized benchmark for evaluating public financial management systems — the framework aims to modernize fiscal governance […]

Morocco’s 2021 draft budget to keep jobs, spur coronavirus hit economy

In accordance with Royal guidance, the government has elaborated a draft budget that provides for special measures to keep jobs, promote youth employment, generalize health insurance and reform civil service. The government, which examined the draft budget in its council, said in a statement that priority is attached to shoring up the economy through offering […]

Turkey prepares naval drills off Libyan coast, a show of force amid tensions with France

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense will soon carry out large-call naval exercises off the Libyan coast to prove ability to control the region by air and sea, amid tensions with France over the oil-rich African country. The maneuvers dubbed “Naftex” will take place in three different regions: Barbaros, Turgutreis and Chaka Bey, Middle East […]