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Morocco Overhauls Medical Training Path with Reduced Commitment, Earlier Specialization

Morocco has adopted a landmark new regulatory framework governing the status and training pathway of students in medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry. The regulatory text published in the Official Gazette of May 4, 2026, represents the most significant revision of the medical training framework since the current system was established, and is directly tied to the […]

Tunisia hedges closer to default

Tunisia is mired in an economic and financial crisis worsened by the backpedalling to autocracy as president Kais Saied intensifies his crackdown on critics, while picking migrants as scapegoats. The one-man ruled country could be denied an IMF lifeline of 2 billion dollars as it shuns painful reforms, including cutting subsidies. Last week, Fitch rating […]

Would cannabis legalization prompt a crack in PJD edifice?

The PJD Islamist party, which took most votes in the latest general elections, is more divided than ever after its former Secretary General froze his membership in the party and declared a boycott of the current party’s leadership after the government approved a cannabis legalization draft bill. The PJD’s predication branch (MUR) also expressed reservations […]