Tunisian designate PM Elyes Fakhfakh

Morocco’s economy seen slowing in 2020 due to drought & covid-19 fears

Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in 2020 from a previous estimate of 2020, Reuters and Bloomberg reported citing head of the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi. When Morocco put forward a growth estimate of 3.5%, the context was promising with first autumn rain and good prospects for tourism market […]

Comoros to assume Africa Union chairmanship in 2023

Comoros will assume for the first time the chairmanship of the African Union in 2023 as Senegal’s mantle comes to end this month. The island takes the new role after the contender Kenya pulled out its bid, Africa News reports. President Azali Assoumani and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto had been separately lobbying for the […]

Intelligence Failure to Blame for Catalonia Terrorist Attack

In the wake of the terrorist attacks that shook Barcelona and Finland, several media outlets and self-proclaimed pundits took the easy way of putting the blame on Morocco, the country of origin of most of the radicalized youth, instead of lambasting the European laxism and intelligence failure. The desperate attempts at pushing the name of […]