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Three West African coup-hit states ponder ditching French colonial currency

Junta leaders in the coup-hit West African countries have recently made headlines when they pushed for the ditching of the West African franc (CFA), a colonial-era legacy, though the desire to change the currency seems to not be uniform yet among the three juntas. Since the coup in Niger in July last year, fissures within […]

Geneva: WIPO protects Morocco’s cultural heritage Copyrights

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has agreed to protect the registered copyrights of Morocco’s cultural heritage from illegal ownership, acquisition and usage. The agreement was inked Monday in Geneva by WIPO Chief Daren Tang and culture minister Mohamed Bensaid. The UN agency has pledged to ensure legal protection to the original Moroccan brands, artistic […]

South-south cooperation, Morocco matches words with action in Sahel

The foreign ministers of the three landlocked states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso reaffirmed their full endorsement of the Atlantic Initiative, put forward by Morocco’s King to help them access global trade and address their development challenges. This came following an audience in Rabat offered by King Mohammed VI to the three Foreign Ministers […]