Tindouf inhabitant in Algerian Poll station

Morocco’s King Calls on banking & financial sector to be more involved in development process; facilitate access to loans

King Mohammed VI on Friday urged the Moroccan banking and financial sector to be more involved in the country’s development process, mainly through simplifying and facilitating access to loans, being more open to self-employment projects and financing the creation of small and medium sized enterprises. “Implementing projects and decisions, and ensuring follow-up to them, involves […]

US Grants Morocco $670,000 to cushion coronavirus blow

The United States government has granted Morocco $670,000 (6.6 millionDH) to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US embassy in Rabat.   The funds are provided by the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infections Diseases at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said the embassy in a statement.   […]

Chad: Dozens of opposition party sympathizers arrested

The Chadian police arrested Thursday at least 84 sympathizers of the opposition party “Les Transformateurs” on charges of public disorder, amid a very heated political atmosphere in the country. According to RFI reports, the police accused the arrestees of parading in downtown and organizing rallies without permits from the ministry of security. The law reinforcement […]