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Algeria: Doctors & nurses on strike to protest against deteriorating situation of health sector

Algerian doctors, nurses and other health professionals are staging this Wednesday a one-day nationwide strike to protest against their deteriorating social situation and working conditions. The industrial action was decided by the Union of research professors of University Hospitals, the National Union of Health Practitioners (SNPSP), and the National Union of Paramedics (SAP). The strikers […]

Fitch Ratings Highlights Stability of Morocco’s Macroeconomic Performance

International credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, highlighted Morocco’s stable and predictable economic policies, which are propitious for attracting investments and improving public finances by boosting growth and narrowing the budget deficit while withering external financial shocks. “GDP growth will recover to above 3% in 2017,” Fitch Ratings said in an analysis on its website in […]

AfCFTA free trade on track, but intra-Africa’s low trade pattern is worrisome

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is on track, but more efforts are needed, experts say, as presently intra-Africa trade stands low at just 14.4% of total African exports. A low intra-continental, as well as global trade pattern by African countries, has mainly been attributed to a lack of adequate infrastructure, climate change, structural […]