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Morocco’s industrial activity rebounds in July, driven by agri-Food and metallurgy

Morocco’s industrial sector showed clear signs of recovery in July 2025, with production and sales improving across nearly all branches, according to the latest business survey conducted by Bank Al-Maghrib. The central bank’s findings, based on responses from 400 industrial firms, showed a broad-based rebound in activity, with the exception of the textile and leather […]

Rights watchdogs, CSOs alert to repression in Algeria

The military regime in Algeria is tightening the noose around human rights activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) curbing freedoms, arresting peaceful dissidents and issuing travel bans, as the economic and social outlook of the country darkens. Between January and April 2022, the authorities have prevented at least three Algerian-Canadian citizens, only one of whom […]

COVID-19: Morocco and China cooperate closely in fight against pandemic – Ambassador

Morocco and China cooperate closely in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Morocco’s ambassador to China Aziz Mekouar.   Speaking during a meeting broadcast on Tuesday by China-Arab TV channel, Mekouar said that videoconferences were organized regularly between doctors and health professionals in China and their counterparts in Morocco to share Chinese experience in […]