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Morocco, UK sign deal to maintain post-Brexit trade flow

Morocco and the UK signed an association agreement that would ensure the continuity of the current trade terms under the EU-Morocco free trade agreement without additional tariff barriers. This agreement, also called continuity agreement, was signed in London Saturday by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita and UK Minister of State for the Middle East and […]

Crisis-hit Algeria Earmarks 25% of its Budget to Defense

Despite announcing austerity measures to fend off an impending crisis, Algeria maintained its lavish spending on defense to which it earmarked 25% of its 2018 budget, that is equivalent to $10.4 billion. Whatever happens never reduce spending on arms. This seems the guiding principle of the military dominated Algerian state, which seems to turn a […]

Brazil: A new policy of “positive discrimination” in universities

Brazilian universities are required as of this academic year to devote an increased percentage of their admission capacity to poor students enrolled in public schools and to increase the number of university students of African descent. This new policy of “affirmative action” or “positive discrimination” as it is sometimes called is stipulated in a new […]