Under Secretary of State for political affairs Thomas A. Shannon hailed Morocco for its mature and balanced approach in dealing with the Sahara issue, describing the proposal made by the North African country to grant autonomy status to the disputed territory as “realistic, serious and credible.” “Morocco’s autonomy proposal is realistic, serious and credible,” and […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an offshoot of the World Bank, agreed to lend Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers giant OCP 100 million euros to fund the building of four solar plants, the two parties said. The agreement was announced during the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington DC. The green loan will […]
A nighttime curfew has been declared in four Chadian cities after the military violently repressed banned protests took place on Thursday (20 October), killing at least 60 people, injuring nearly 300. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities after hundreds across Chad took to the streets to demand a quicker […]
