Moroccan banking activity improved in 2024 with major banks reporting record profits totaling $2.3 billion, a 21.3% increase compared with the previous year. The net profit attributable to shareholders rose by nearly 20% to 19.2 billion dirhams ($2 bln). The growth was spurred by the recovery in banking activity, cost reduction, and contained risk cost. […]
The UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO, has taken seriously the recent threats voiced by Polisario propagandists via social networks against the presence of peacekeepers in the Guerguarat region. The mission’s commander, Chinese Major-General Wang Xiaojun, is considering seeking the help of UNpol, the UN civil police, to face the threats, reports the e-journal le360. […]
The U.S. State Department has designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, sending a strong message to the Algerian regime and its polisario armed militias which had launched deadly terrorist attacks against Morocco’s Saharan territory. “The Houthis’ activities threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our […]
