Mauritanian & Moroccan FM Ismaël Ould Cheikh Ahmed & Nasser Bourita – sept 2021

Morocco: Yasmina Filali Wins Schwab Foundation’s 2016 Social Entrepreneurs Award

Yasmina Filali Head of la Fondation Orient Occident was announced Thursday winner of Swiss-based Schwab Foundation’s 2016 Social Entrepreneur Award for her excellent action in “providing job training to underprivileged Moroccans, sub-Saharan migrants and refugees.” Yasmina Filali features among 11 other laureates crowned by a high profile jury committee chaired by Bangladeshi Mohammad Yunus of […]

Fez Medina: Historic Sites, Monuments Get Facelift

The rehabilitation program of the medina and 27 monuments and historic sites in the ancient city of Fez, founded by Idriss II in the 7th century, is almost over. Under the program launched in 2013, twenty-six monuments and historical sites have already been renovated for a total amount of about $30 million (MAD285.50 Million.) King […]

Saudi Arabia to provide Tunisia $500m as soft loan and grant

Saudi Arabia will give Tunisia $500 million as a soft loan and a grant to help improve its public finances with the national budget suffering a $2-billion deficit,  the Saudi state-run news Agency SPA reports. Tunisia is facing an acute economic crisis compounded by the pandemic coupled with a tense domestic political crisis. The North […]