Morocco tourism

Senegal’s new president appoints Ousmane Sonko prime minister

Senegalese newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister. Like Faye 44, Sonko 49 also went to jail and was released following a political amnesty by outgoing president Macky Sall. Sonko was announced soon after Faye was sworn in, becoming Africa’s youngest president and ending a period […]

October 31 becomes symbol of territorial integrity as Morocco declares Unity Day

The proclamation of October 31 as a Unity Day marks the first national holiday since the recovery of Oued Eddahab in 1979. The declaration comes in the wake of significant diplomatic progress on the Sahara issue, notably the growing international recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty and the credibility of its Autonomy Plan. Unity Day thus serves […]

Will Morocco’s central bank end accommodative monetary policy to curb inflation?

Morocco’s central bank will hold its second meeting this year on June 21 to take key monetary policy decisions with analysts predicting the bank to increase key borrowing rates to mitigate the impact of imported inflation. Morocco has maintained the key interest rate at an all-time low of 1.5% since June 2020 to spur the […]