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Former UN Envoy to Sahara James Baker given history, diplomacy lessons for opposing Israel-Morocco accord

Former UN Envoy to Western Sahara and ex-US Secretary of State, James Baker, was given a lesson in history and diplomacy after he criticized the recent diplomatic accord between Morocco and Israel. Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official reacted to Baker’s opinion piece published last week […]

Egypt hands 2-year prison sentence to blogger for “deviant content”

An Egyptian court in the city of Alexandria Tuesday sentenced famous model and blogger, Salma Elshimy to two years in prison over filming and broadcasting inappropriate videos via the Internet in exchange for sums of money obtained through increased views, Egypt Independent reports citing police. Salma Elshimy’s accounts on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube circulated video […]

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 […]