Economic Prospects for North Africa:Managing Risks and Expanding Opportunities

Three years down the road from the wave of Arab Spring revolutions that affected the Middle East and North Africa region, MENA economies remain depressed. Egypt’s gross domestic product contracted by about 3 percent in the second quarter of 2013 while the growth rate amounted to only 2 percent last year, when compared to 2.3 […]

King Mohammed VI: Democracy is a Gradual, Home-Grown Exercise Based on Pluralism and Diversity

King Mohammed VI has affirmed that democracy is not a ready-made recipe; nor is it a model to be imported but it is a gradual, home-grown exercise that requires pluralism and diversity. In a message addressed to participants in a symposium commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the 1st elected Parliament in Morocco, […]

Senegal retrieves Senghor’s library from France

The Senegalese government has bought 344 books owned by its former President Leopold Senghor, after it managed to stop them from being auctioned in France. Senghor served as the first president of independent Senegal from 1960 to 1980. He is also better known for his central role in developing Negritude, an intellectual movement that defended […]