Burkina Faso reiterates support for Morocco’s Atlantic access initiative

Burkina Faso reaffirmed its full support for the initiative launched by King Mohammed VI aiming to help landlocked Sahel states access the Atlantic Ocean and global trade. Burkina Faso’s foreign minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said following talks in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Boourita. Traore described the initiative as embodying south-south cooperation in line […]

Morocco, pillar of stability in the region (Várhelyi)

Morocco is a flagship country and a pillar of stability in the region, said Thursday in Rabat, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, who stressed the “extreme importance” of the Morocco-EU partnership. In a global context marked by multiple challenges, it is not easy to find stable partners like Morocco, hence […]

Tunisia: Afreximbank to support private and public enterprises & banks with $1.3bn loan

The African Export–Import Bank, Afreximbank, will lend Tunisia $1.3 billion to support public and private enterprises as well as public and private banks. Afreximbank director of trade financing Aymen El-Zoghbi said $500 million will be allocated to boost state-run and private companies. The remaining $800 million will be earmarked for supporting banks in private and […]