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Moroccan Government Announces Measures to Implement Royal Speech

Head of the Moroccan Government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, announced that a set of measures will be taken to implement the directives laid down in the speech, delivered by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of Throne Day. In the speech, the Monarch lambasted public officials and the civil service for falling short of fulfilling […]

Washington re-iterates support for Egypt despite poor human rights record

US Secretary Of State John Kerry announced Sunday in Cairo the normalization of relation with Cairo despite a long spell of confusion following the overthrow of first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi and the poor human right record of al-Sisi regime. At a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri, Secretary of State […]

Sub-Saharan Africa hit hard by funding squeeze, IMF warns

Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of unprecedented shocks, has driven up borrowing costs, weakened regional currencies and cut countries’ access to international capital markets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. This “big funding squeeze”, which is the most serious issue facing sub-Saharan Africa, is […]