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What Arab Spring? The Folly that is Henry Kissinger

When the 26-year-old fruit vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi – after being slapped around by local authorities one time too many – in an act of desperation and protest, set himself on fire in the Tunisian city of  Sidi Bouzid, no analyst or politician could have foreseen the wave of regional uprisings that were to follow. What […]

Aeronautics: Safran Commits to Support Morocco’s Aerospace Ecosystem

Safran group, a leader in aircraft equipment manufacturing, has pledged to support and develop further Morocco’s aerospace industry ecosystem which continues to attract foreign investment. Under an agreement signed Wednesday with the Moroccan government, the French company, which designs, develops and manufactures aircraft engines & rocket engines, pledges to support its local suppliers and service […]

Morocco’s Central Bank raises key interest rate to 3% to mitigate inflation

Morocco’s Central bank decided on Tuesday to lift its rates by 50 basis points to 3 percent to counter inflationary pressures exerted both at the domestic and international levels. During its first meeting of 2023 held in Rabat, the Board of Bank Al Maghrib discussed the evolution of the national economic situation and the Bank’s […]