South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 33.5% in the first half this year as the economic outlook worsens. The country, once Africa’s largest economy, has failed to curb inequalities amid widespread criminality and infrastructure bottlenecks. Unemployment in South Africa is now one of the highest globally and has exceeded Covid-19 levels, when a lockdown […]
Morocco’s multidimensional poverty rate has nearly halved over the past decade, driven by significant improvements in rural areas, according to a new report by the national statistics agency, the Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP) said. The share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 11.9% in 2014 to 6.8% in 2024, with the number […]
The annual charity fancy-fair organized by the diplomatic circle, gathering the spouses of ambassadors accredited to Morocco, was inaugurated in Rabat Saturday by Princess Lalla Meriem, the eldest sister of King Mohammed VI. Princess Lalla Meryem visited the different stands of the charity bazaar, which features handicraft products from around the world, and was given […]
