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UN General Assembly: Burkina Faso accuses foreign powers of exacerbating Sahel crisis

Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, highlighted before the UN General Assembly High-Level Debate in New York his country’s progress in combating terrorism and criticized foreign interference in the Sahel region. Traore reported that Burkina Faso now controls nearly 70% of its territory, up from 40% in 2022, in its fight […]

Morocco-USA trade increased fivefold since 2005

Trade between Morocco and the United States has increased fivefold since 2005, the year before the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, to reach 5 billion dollars in 2019, said, Monday in Casablanca, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Morocco, David Greene. This commercial dynamic has […]

Coronavirus costs Morocco $2 bln in tourism revenue

The losses of the tourism sector since the outbreak of the coronavirus last March rose to 18.3 billion dirhams ($2 bln) down 90.1% compared to last year, the national tourism observatory reported. The figure reflects the hard blow ensued by the tourism sector which represents 7% of Morocco’s GDP and employs directly more than 500,000 […]