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Morocco’s Inwi launches mobile payments

Morocco’s second largest telecom operator, Inwi, launched mobile payment services becoming the first in Morocco to offer such facilitation to its subscribers. Dubbed Inwi Money, the new service would help Morocco achieve its financial inclusion goals notably through reaching population in isolated areas. Inwi Money comes less than a year after the Central Bank gave […]

Morocco Nabs Three Isis Militants Including 1st Woman Suicide Bomber

Moroccan security services have captured lately three people belonging to a militant cell having ties with the terrorist Islamic State group. The cell, which includes a woman who appears to be the first female suicide bomber, is the second of its kind to be dismantled in the North African country after the Paris attacks of […]

Rhetoric outruns reality in Algeria’s food security push

Algeria used a UN food security forum in Mauritania last week to present itself as a continental reference on agricultural sovereignty, but recent data from international institutions point to a widening gap between its diplomatic rhetoric and domestic realities. Addressing the 34th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, the Algerian minister of agriculture highlighted South‑South cooperation, […]