Economists are getting increasingly optimistic about the plan of Tunisia’s Prime Minister, Mehdi Jomaa, to tackle persistent unemployment and a tight budget. Mr Jomaa has recently visited a number of Gulf countries, accompanied by a delegation of businesspeople led by the head of the Tunisian Union of Trade, Industry, and Handicrafts (UTICA), Wided Bouchamaoui. Mr […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has reiterated that he encourages and supports the reform process of the African Union. This came in a phone conversation the Sovereign had Monday with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Acting Chairman of the African Union. The phone talk took place on the eve of the Extraordinary Summit of […]
Morocco is set to increase its defense budget in support of the modernization process of its armed forces with a view of becoming Africa’s leading military power, Strategic Defence Intelligence said in a report. The report dubbed, “The Future of the Moroccan Defence Industry – Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2022,” underscores that […]
