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Morocco to receive 24 US attack helicopters worth $1.5 billion

Morocco, the largest US weapons buyer in Africa, is filling the gap in its helicopter attack capacity with the purchase of 24 AH-Appache helicopters for a total cost of $1.5 billion, US media said. The deal comes in a series of purchases from the US armament industry to bolster the land and air components of […]

Coronavirus pushed Morocco’s tourism promotion office to focus on domestic tourists

Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) is planning to encourage domestic tourism to compensate for losses due to the global impact of the coronavirus on international tourist arrivals. Prospects for a return to normalcy in the tourism sector before 2021 are bleak, said l’Economiste daily citing the office. “Hopes are therefore pinned on domestic demand as […]

Kenyan court halts controversial Adani Group airport lease deal

Kenya’s High Court has temporarily blocked a proposed 30-year lease deal that would have given India’s Adani Group control over the country’s main airport. The Law Society of Kenya and the Kenya Human Rights Commission jointly filed an application arguing that the country could independently fund the $1.85 billion airport upgrade. The petitioners claim the […]