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Morocco to abandon international bond issue in 2022

Morocco may no longer issue an international bond as was planned earlier this year amid deep uncertainty and market volatility, finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The government expects its financing needs to grow to 60 billion dirhams ($5.5 bln) next year compared with some 45 billion dirhams this year. “We will try to strike […]

Six UN peace keepers wounded in IED attack in central Mali

Six UN Peace Keepers were injured Saturday by the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), announced on Twitter. The mission did not provide details on the attack and the nationalities of the forces but indicated that the incidents illustrate the pervasive threat of IEDs […]

Pope to visit South Sudan next year

Pope Francis has announced that he will be visiting South Sudan next year, where efforts are underway to salvage a peace deal. In 2017, Pope Francis scheduled a trip to the war-torn nation but had to cancel it because of political instability and poor security. “I want to renew my invitation to all sides in […]