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Morocco launches tender worth over 1$ Billion for new Casablanca airport terminal

Morocco’s National Airports Office (ONDA) has launched a tender worth over one billion US dollar for the construction of a new terminal at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. The new terminal, to be built over 600,000 m², is expected to handle at its first phase 20 million passengers annually, a capacity expandable to 30 million. […]

C24: Algerian Ambassador lambasted for exerting pressures on delegations supporting Sahara’s Moroccanness

The debate on the issue of the Sahara at the C24 Caribbean Seminar, held in Caracas (May 14-16), ended with sharp exchange between Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale and his Algerian counterpart Amar Benjama. The Moroccan diplomat vigorously denounced the acts of intimidation exerted by his Algerian colleague against the delegations which supported […]

Tunisia: Fitch revises issuers after recalibration

Four issuers in Tunisia have been affected by a recent review exercise for new ratings. Fitch Ratings said it carried out the review due to a recent recalibration of the Tunisian National scale in a released statement. The recalibration of the Tunisian National scale follows Fitch Ratings downgrade of Tunisia’s sovereign rating and country ceiling […]