French Interior Minister Cazeneuve visits Morocco

Attijari Bank Mauritania partners with Proparco to guarantee loans to SMEs

In Mauritania, Proparco, a Development Financial Institution partly owned by the French Development Agency, has signed an agreement with Attijari Bank Mauritania, the local subsidiary of the Moroccan financial group Attijariwafa Bank, to guarantee up to €5.5 million ($6.1 million) loans to approximately 140 Mauritanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the MoU signed […]

Covid-19: Wearing facemasks compulsory, recalcitrant people face sanctions

Moroccan public authorities have announced that wearing facemasks in public and at work place will be compulsory as of this Tuesday March 7 for all people authorized to go out of their homes and that breakers of the decision will face sanctions.   The measure, taken as part of efforts aimed at stopping the spread […]

Jordan: King Abdullah visits Iraq

Jordanian monarch Abdullah II Monday paid a historic visit to Baghdad after nearly 11 years in a move that heralds Iraq’s return to the international in the wake of the Islamic State group (ISIS) defeat in 2017. King Abdullah II, AFP reports met with President Barham Saleh in Baghdad including Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi. […]