As Muslims across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region prepare to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr — the Feast of Breaking the Ramadan Fast — starting from Wednesday (11 April), people in many parts of Africa are bracing for low-key festivities due to the tough economic and security challenges that their countries are going through. […]
The proceedings of the 5th session of the Morocco-France Parliamentary Forum opened on Thursday in Rabat, with the participation of officials and members of the parliaments of both countries. This session is chaired, on the Moroccan side, by the Speakers of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, Rachid Talbi Alami and Mohamed […]
Intra-country trade in 10 key African countries remains difficult amid currency volatility and international capital flight, as business struggle to find the foreign currency, most notably the dollar, needed to pay for imports, according to the 2023 Standard Bank Africa Trade Barometer (ATB). The key finding in the study conducted by Standard Bank, Africa’s largest […]
