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OECD Projects 5% Growth for Morocco in 2026, Identifies Five Structural Fault Lines

The June 2026 Economic Outlook, published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) under the title “Under Pressure”, projects Moroccan GDP growth to reach 5 percent in 2026 — the strongest performance in several years — following 4.6 percent in 2025, before a moderation to 3.9 percent in 2027. Two forces are driving […]

Gulf of Guinea coastal states talk military cooperation in face of Sahel jihadi violence

Leaders of Rwanda and Benin have met over the weekend to discuss ways of containing a potential spillover from an Islamist militant insurgency that has been gaining ground in neighboring Burkina Faso. Along with Benin, three other West Africa coastal nations — Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo — have suffered attacks in border areas blamed […]

Moroccan Managem, Anglo-Swiss Glencore sign a strategic partnership for the production of cobalt in Morocco

The Moroccan mining group, Managem, and the Anglo-Swiss global commodity trading giant, Glencore, have signed a strategic partnership to produce cobalt from recycled battery materials, in Morocco, the two groups announced this Wednesday January 26 in a press release. The partnership provides for the production of recycled cobalt, nickel and lithium at Managem’s CTT Hydrometallurgical […]