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Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank, Japanese Sumitomo Corporation Team up for Africa’s Development

The Moroccan banking group, Attijariwafa bank, and the Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited, one of the branches of the Japanese giant, have signed recently a memorandum of understanding, under which they agreed to establish a long-term partnership for the implementation of major development projects in Africa. The memorandum seeks to promote cooperation between the two groups […]

The debacle of Algeria’s car industry

The struggling car industry on which Algeria pinned hopes to jump start its industry has received another bad news with the shutdown of a Kia assembly plant on the footsteps of Volkswagen. Long described as “disguised imports” Algeria’s policy of attracting car assembly plants since 2012 has so far showed disappointing results and came up […]

Pablo Iglesias, from radical left icon to Polisario’s last supporter in Spanish political class

Once hailed as a leader of Spain’s radical left, Pablo Iglesias Turrión has now become a fallen politician clinging to relevance through incendiary anti-Moroccan populist rhetoric on Sahara. The former leader of Podemos, who rose to prominence in 2014 promising to sweep away Spain’s “corrupt caste,” has long been a vocal advocate for the Polisario […]