Morocco said its economy will grow by 2.9% in 2019 after 3% in 2018 as the economy continues to be affected by agricultural output, according to finance minister Mohamed Benchaaboun. Rainfall was about 23% less this year compared with 2018, so cereals yield was down 50% compared to a year earlier further deepening the trade […]
In a growing diplomatic rift, Sudan is urging Somalia to help cut off what it calls a dangerous flow of foreign mercenaries and weapons — allegedly routed through Puntland with backing from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sudan’s intelligence chief, Lt-Gen Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mufaddal, met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu this week, […]
Morocco’s FBI, the central Bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ), arrested an extremist, suspected of supporting ISIS ideology, in Salé, Rabat’s twin-city, this Tuesday, who was preparing to carry out a suicide attack. Preliminary investigations showed that the 33-year old suspect knows how to manufacture explosives and was promoting and glorifying the extremist ideology of ISIS […]
