Tunisian PM _Hichem Mechichi, President Kais Saied

Fitch Affirms Morocco’s BBB-Rating, with Stable Outlook

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco’s long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, praising the country’s macroeconomic stability, its comfortable external buffers and low share of foreign-currency debt in public debt. The credit rating agency projects Morocco’s deficit at 3.7 pc of GDP in 2019 and 3.5 pc in 2020, saying […]

Rise of terrorist threats discussed by Morocco’s Top Police Chief and UNOCT’s New Under-Secretary-General

The challenges stemming from the rise of terrorist threats were at the focus of discussions at a meeting held in Rabat Monday between Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and the new Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, Alexander Zuev, who is currently on a working visit to Morocco. […]

Mali bans France-backed NGOs’ activities

Mali will ban the activities of all non-governmental organizations financed or supported by France, including those operating in the humanitarian field, the junta, which came to power by force in August 2020, announced on Monday (21 November). The annoucement came few days after Paris suspended its public development assistance to the West African country. The […]