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Morocco cuts budget deficit to 6% of GDP in 2021

Thanks to an economic recovery and better tax revenue, the Moroccan government reduced its fiscal deficit to 6% of GDP in 2021 from 7% a year earlier, the finance ministry said. The deficit stood at 70.9 billion dirhams, down from 82.3 billion dirhams in 2020, a year in which Morocco imposed a three-month long lockdown […]

Morocco Calls for Strengthening International Response to Challenges Posed by Non-State Armed Groups

Morocco has called for strengthening an international response to the challenges posed by Non-State Armed Groups and reiterated its condemnation of such groups. The call was launched by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, during a high-level event on the “Challenges Posed by Non-State Armed Groups,” organized by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on the […]

Morocco’s Al Akhawayn University gets $1.2 mln award from US State Department

Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) has received a $1.2 million award from the US Department of State through its Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). According to the AUI, the award, entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders”, rewards the “leadership of the University in Africa on the American educational model, which enjoys the institutional accreditation of the prestigious […]