French AFD- Moroccan FNM sign agreement in Rabat

Mauritania: Unemployment rate rises to 13.12% in fourth quarter of 2025

Mauritania’s unemployment rate increased to 13.12% in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 12.29% during the same period in 2024, according to the Central Bank’s annual report for 2025. The report also showed a decline in the employment rate, which fell to 43.45% from 44.37% a year earlier, with the services sector remaining the […]

African Union: Morocco Calls For Integrating Climate Change in AU Counter-terrorism Strategy for Sahel

Morocco has called in Addis Ababa for the integration of the climate, peace and security dimensions in the new AU strategy for the Sahel, following the example of the Chad Lake Basin Commission’s strategy for stabilization, recovery and resilience against Boko Haram. The Sahel region and Lake Chad Basin are interconnected, fragile areas in Africa […]

Will Morocco’s central bank end accommodative monetary policy to curb inflation?

Morocco’s central bank will hold its second meeting this year on June 21 to take key monetary policy decisions with analysts predicting the bank to increase key borrowing rates to mitigate the impact of imported inflation. Morocco has maintained the key interest rate at an all-time low of 1.5% since June 2020 to spur the […]