Senegal proposes diaspora bank to enhance investments, lower transfer costs

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko revived last week a proposal to create a bank dedicated to the Senegalese diaspora. This initiative aims to channel the significant funds sent home by Senegalese expatriates into impactful and sustainable projects, reported Ecofin agency. The diaspora sends over $2.9 billion annually to Senegal, representing about 12% of the country’s […]

Morocco struggles to reduce prisoners’ recidivism

Some 42% of Moroccan prisoners have been re-convicted, showed a study by Morocco’s prison administration highlighting the challenge the country faces to reduce recidivism. Most of those who have returned to prison are aged 25 to 29 years old according to the study which also links re-entry to prison to drug use, low levels of […]

Former Polisario members back Morocco’s autonomy plan as sole solution to Sahara issue

A growing number of Polisario members is challenging the decades-long obstinacy of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias, urging the international community to embrace Morocco’s autonomy proposal as a path toward peace and dignity. In a striking intervention before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, representatives of an NGO called Sahrawis for Peace, which brings together former […]