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Egypt Gets $ 500 M Afreximbank Loan to Promote exports to Africa

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed to extend Egypt a $ 500 million credit line to support its trade projects and exports to other African countries. The deal was confirmed by the Egyptian Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour on the sidelines of the economic summit held earlier this week in the resort of Sharm […]

Netherlands Arrests Drug Trafficker Wanted By Rabat

Dutch drug trafficker, Said Chaou, has been arrested in the Netherlands after Rabat requested his extradition accusing him of funding and igniting unrest in the northern Rif region. Minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita Thursday informed the cabinet at its weekly meeting that the wanted trafficker was arrested in the Netherlands and would be extradited […]

Will Morocco’s Good Offices Help Defuse Gulf Crisis?

King Mohammed VI is on a visit of friendship to the Gulf countries of the UAE and Qatar, which is seen by analysts as a mediation attempt to defuse tension on the backdrop of the rift between a Saudi-led quartet and Doha. King Mohammed VI who maintains close ties with Gulf monarchs is undertaking a […]