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Tunisia: Powerful UGTT slams government for selling state-run companies in deal with IMF

Noureddine Taboubi, the Secretary General of Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT, Monday laid into the government of President Kais Saied for succumbing to the International Monetary Fund and pledging to relinquish control of some state-run companies, including a bank and a factory. The government “recently made a commitment to the International Monetary Fund to sell […]

UN General Assembly: Moroccan Ambassador elected by acclamation chairman of First Committee

Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Omar Hilale, was elected Monday by acclamation as Chairman of the First Committee of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. This is the first time that Morocco is assuming the chairmanship of this important Committee which is in charge of disarmament and international […]

Moroccan, Spanish FMs discuss bilateral ties, situation in Maghreb & Sahel

Moroccan and Spanish Foreign Ministers Nasser Bourita and Arancha Gonzalez Laya held talks on Tuesday through videoconference.   Talks focused on regional issues of common interest in the Maghreb, the Sahel and the Euro-Mediterranean area.   During their talks, the two officials commended the excellent relations between Morocco and Spain, a country that King Mohammed […]