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Tanzania: Emmanuel Tutuba, new governor of Central Bank

Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania, has appointed Emmanuel Tutuba as governor of the country’s central bank, in replacement of Florens Luoga, whose five-year tenure at the head of the bank came to an end. Tutuba, prior to the appointment, was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Planning. He inherits an economy […]

Morocco, China to Set Up Joint Institute on ‘Belt and Road’ Studies

Morocco and China have agreed to establish an academic institute tasked with conducting studies on the “Belt and Road” initiative, the Chinese news agency announced. The joint institute will be built by China’s Ningxia University and Morocco’s Hassan I University. The Chinese news agency reported a group of delegates from Ningxia University visited the Hassan […]

Morocco upholds sentences against Rif Hirak leaders

The appeals court in Casablanca upheld the prison terms handed to dozen Rif protest leaders after a first instance verdict gave sentences from one year suspended to twenty years in jail. The Protests, which rocked Al Hoceima in 2016 and 2017, were sparked after a fishmonger was crashed in a garbage truck while trying to […]