By 2022, Morocco’s external debt stood at 423.6 billion dirhams ($41.2 bln) representing 31.8% of GDP, half of which was owed to multilateral development banks, according to finance ministry data. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an offshoot of the World Bank, holds the lion’s share in Morocco’s external debt with 93.1 billion dirhams, […]
A Tunis Court of Appeal has confirmed an eight-year prison sentence against prominent anti-racist activist Saadia Mosbah, bringing a high-profile legal case to a decisive and controversial conclusion. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, after judges upheld the original verdict issued at first instance in March, which also imposed a fine of […]
Prominent Portuguese figures have called on their government and the European Union to support Morocco in the Sahara issue and to back the kingdom’s territorial integrity. In a letter addressed to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in his capacity as President of the Council of the EU, a group of former and current Portuguese officials […]
