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Moroccan airlines to quadruple its fleet before 2030 World Cup

Moroccan state-owned airlines RAM is speeding up its expansion as it plans to quadruple its fleet to 200 by 2030, seven years of a previously announced date. RAM will launch a tender to buy the 200 mostly medium haul airplanes by year’s end, CEO Abdelhamid Addou told Reuters at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Marrakech. […]

Niger rulers suspend BBC for three months

Niger’s military authorities suspended British broadcaster the BBC for three months accusing it of spreading false news and undermining troops’ morale. The decision came after the BBC broadcasted in local Hausa language that an attack killed more than 90 Nigerien soldiers and 40 civilians in two Niger villages near the border with Burkina Faso. Niamey […]

Morocco’s Economy to Grow 3.3% in 2018- Central Bank

Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said growth will reach 3.3% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019, down from 4% last year. The bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, as the financial conditions look stable since the launch of the gradual dirham float last January. Inflation was expected to reach 1.8% on […]