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Morocco’s Central Bank Maintains Key Rate at 2.25 % & Expects 4.3 % Growth in 2017

Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, decided Tuesday to maintain its key interest rate unchanged at 2.25 % during the third quarterly meeting of its Board of Directors which expects a 4.3% growth in 2017. After analyzing recent economic developments and reviewing the macroeconomic forecasts, the Board deemed as “appropriate” the decision to uphold the key […]

Algeria: Interim President sets presidential election on December 12

Algeria’s Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah has announced December 12 as the date of presidential elections after army and protests forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down early April. Bensalah announced the date in a speech on Sunday as he also dismissed the Secretary General of the High Independent Authority for Election as part of […]

Morocco’s Mohammed VI Football Academy, a factory for champions (RFI)

The outstanding performance of the Moroccan footal team in Qatar 2022 world cup is still reverbating across the globe. In this connection, Radio France Internationale (RFI) aired Monday a reporting on Morocco’s Mohammed VI Football Academy that it labeled a factory for champions. With its 18 hectares of ultra-modern infrastructure, five soccer fields, a medical […]