NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Sahara: UN Chief underlines Morocco’s commitment to ceasefire, cooperation with MINURSO

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres highlighted Morocco’s steadfast commitment to the ceasefire in the Sahara and military agreements and highlighted the “close cooperation” between the Moroccan authorities and MINURSO. In his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara that was published on the UN website, Guterres said that he “notes Morocco’s stated intention […]

Morocco Takes Lead in 2017 Africa Capacity Report

The 2017 Africa Capacity Report showed that Morocco ranks in the first position at the continental level in terms of economic capacity building. The report, issued by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), features a capacity ranking putting Morocco in the first place with a capacity index score of 71.6% ahead of Tanzania (68.8%), Rwanda […]

Egypt inks ‘historic’ $35bn deal with UAE, hoping to ease dollar squeeze, save economy

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a landmark $35 billion investment deal to develop Ras al-Hekma peninsula on the Mediterranean coast that, economists say, will inject $35 billion of foreign direct investment into the struggling Egyptian economy, helping it to bolster economic growth and address a hard currency crisis. The deal is […]