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Fitch Expects Morocco’s Growth to Reach 3% in 2024 & 3.5% over 2025-2026 Period

Fitch agency has maintained Morocco ‘BB+’ rating with a stable outlook thanks to the country’s sound macroeconomic policies, strong official creditor support, favorable debt profile and comfortable liquidity buffers. In 2023, Morocco’s economy grew by 3.4%, driven by strong non-agricultural sector performance and a rebound in agricultural output following a sharp contraction in 2022, said […]

DRC: at least 129 dead in botched escape attempt from country’s largest prison

At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the capital Kinshasa. Congolese Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said in a post on X on Tuesday (3 September) that “he provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning,” […]

Concerned about Ebola, Uganda extends quarantine in outbreak epicenter for 21 days

Uganda has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country’s Ebola outbreak by 21 days, with the government asserting its response to the disease was succeeding. The extension is “to further sustain the gains in control of Ebola that we have made, and to protect the rest of the […]