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Morocco: WB supports Casablanca’s rail projects with $350 Mln funding

The World Bank has approved a $350 million financing package for the Greater Casablanca Mobility & Logistics Hub, which aims to improve services for passenger railways in the Greater Casablanca area. The funding will also support Morocco’s national railway operator – Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) – in managing and expanding railway infrastructure. […]

Istiqlal Withdrawal from Governing Coalition: Does Chabat want to become Caliph instead of the Caliph Benkirane.

The National Council of the Istiqlal Party decided on Saturday to withdraw from the Moroccan coalition government led by the Islamist Party for Justice and development (PJD). The decision was not a surprise to analysts who see in it the normal outcome of the fierce and controversial opposition the Istiqlal Party’s Secretary General Hamid Chabat […]

Egyptian President appoints former central bank chief adviser

President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has named Tarek Amer as presidential adviser after the latter resigned from his job that he was supposed to hold for another year. Local media Gate Ahram has revealed that al-Sisi accepted his resignation as Governor of the central bank and appointed him as close aide. Amer submitted his resignation to the […]