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Russia Makes Inroads in North Africa- Foreign Affairs

As issues relating to Russian influence in the EU, US and the Middle East are in the limelight, Russia continues to quietly make inroads in North Africa where it has been gaining a foothold in Libya and boosting its military exports to Algeria and Egypt while strengthening economic ties with Morocco and Tunisia, said the […]

EU to redirect €450 mln to support Morocco’s response to Covid-19

The EU will redirect €450 million promised to Morocco this year to help the country better respond to the coronavirus outbreak.   The amount includes €150 million that will be injected directly in the special fund created by Morocco to fund health system acquisitions and offset the social and economic repercussion of the pandemic, according […]

Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire acquires majority shares in Cameroon’s BICEC bank

Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire, BCP, has acquired 68.5 per cent of Cameroon’s Banque Internationale du Cameroun pour l’épargne et le crédit (BICEC). Till that acquisition, the assets were owned by French group BPCE (Banque Populaire et Caisse d’épargne).   The deal was signed Tuesday at BICEC headquarters in Douala, Business in Cameroon reports. Kamal Mokdad, […]