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Coronavirus: Moroccan cabinet member tests positive

Few hours after the Health Ministry announced Saturday nine new coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Transport issued a statement saying that the head of the department Abdelkader Amara has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Abdelkader Amara, the first member of the Moroccan cabinet to test positive for the novel coronavirus, had paid a […]

Countries dependent on commodities hit 20-year high; Sub Saharan Africa hardest-affected region

The number of countries that depend on commodities has reached its highest level in 20 years, says a new UNCTAD report, noting that commodity dependence affects developing countries almost exclusively. According to the State of Commodity Dependence Report 2019 released last week, dependence on commodities affects 85% of least developed countries, 81% of landlocked developing […]

Libya’s embattled PM confident HoR’s confidence vote to rival cabinet will fail

Libya’s incumbent Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah Sunday told supporters that “the patriot parliament members” will ruin the confidence-granting session expected this Monday in the country’s legislature to inaugurate the cabinet of rival Fathi Bashagha, reports say. An unspecified number of demonstrators protested in capital Tripoli to demand elections after the scheduled Dec. 24 failed to […]