Tunisia: Monthly minimum wage raised by 6.5 per cent

Tunisia has raised monthly minimum wage by 6.5 per cent to help workers weather economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the powerful workers’ union, UGTT, has announced. The decision according to the union will soon be made public by the Tunisian government which agreed to implement the hike. UGTT on Dec. 11 asked the […]

COP22: Forty-two Countries Launch NDC Partnership to Deliver on Paris Agreement

In a move that matches climate finance with action, forty-two countries from different continents signed to the NDC Partnership, which was launched, on Tuesday November 15, at COP22 Moroccan Pavilion with the aim of enhancing cooperation among nations so that developing countries have more effective access to the technical knowledge and financial support necessary to […]

Spain Seeks to Benefit from Morocco’s Expansion in Africa

Morocco, one of the major allies of the West in MENA region, has become a powerful and successful investor in Africa thanks to the solidarity based “South-South” cooperation spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. After seeing the positive results of the Moroccan African policy based on “win-win partnerships”, Spain, which is Morocco’s closest European neighbor and […]