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Respect for Territorial Integrity a Sine Qua Non for Maghreb Integration

Respect for territorial integrity of member states is a sine qua non for achieving the long-sought integration of the Maghreb Union (AMU), Morocco’s Lower House Speaker Habib El Malki told AMU’s Secretary General Taieb Baccouche. During a meeting in Rabat, the two officials highlighted the wasted potential of the Maghreb as it continues to be […]

Morocco: Journalist Omar Radi Gets Temporary Release on New Year’s Eve

Moroccan justice has decided to grant provisional release to journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi, who was detained last week for a tweet criticizing a judge. Radi, 33, will appear in court on January 2 and will be released, according to his lawyer Omar Benjelloun. The vocal journalist was arrested on Thursday for his […]

Fitch Affirms Morocco’s BBB-Rating, with Stable Outlook

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco’s long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, praising the country’s macroeconomic stability, its comfortable external buffers and low share of foreign-currency debt in public debt. The credit rating agency projects Morocco’s deficit at 3.7 pc of GDP in 2019 and 3.5 pc in 2020, saying […]