Morocco which has already become, thanks to its economic openness policy, an international trade hub can rightfully aspire to join the club of emerging nations but further efforts are needed to address some malfunctions and improve the business environment. The remarks were made on Wednesday by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI who pointed out that catching […]
Morocco improved its ranking jumping 7 spots in the World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business report to take the 53rd place amid 190 countries. According to the report, Morocco is the country offering the best business climate in North Africa ahead of Tunisia (78th), Egypt, Mauritania and Libya. Morocco’s closest neighbor, oil-rich Algeria, continued to lag […]
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked that Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, should be kept in custody while they prepare an appeal against his acquittal. The court should only release Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude, leader of the pro-Gbagbo militant group Young Patriots who was also acquitted, under strict conditions […]
