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EU MPs reject proposal hostile to Morocco’s territorial integrity

Members of the foreign affairs committee at the European Parliament turned down a proposal sponsored by advocates of separatism calling for treating southern Morocco, the Sahara, as a separate entity within the European neighborhood policy. The anti-Morocco proposal was put forward by the Greens in a series of failed proposals that bear prejudice to the […]

State fund CDG estimates coronavirus toll on economy at $5.4 bln

State fund CDG said that the losses due to coronavirus could amount to $5.4 billion (54 billion dirhams) with Morocco expecting a recession in 2020. The study was based on the hypothesis of a four-month-long crisis and a gradual resumption of activity by July 2020. It expects agricultural production to contract by 6% with only […]

Former Mauritanian President banned from traveling

Mauritania’s national security directorate (DGSN) has seized the passport of former leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who is being investigated for state funds embezzlement and mismanagement when he led the country between 2008 and 2019. Summoned to show up in the offices of the DGSN, on August 17, Abdelaziz was kept in custody till Monday Aug.24. […]