Chatham House

Morocco’s Insurers Pass Stress Tests with Flying Colors as Sector Profits Surge 21%

Morocco’s Comité de Coordination et de Surveillance des Risques Systémiques (CCSRS) concluded its 23rd quarterly meeting in Rabat on Tuesday with a broadly reassuring verdict on the state of the financial system. The committee — presided by the Wali of Bank Al-Maghrib and bringing together the presidents of the AMMC and ACAPS alongside the Director […]

Chad: dozens of people killed in inter-communal clashes between farmer and herder communities

More than two dozen people were killed during the last week of March in clashes between rival farmer and herder communities in a region of southern Chad that frequently sees similar land disputes, the country’s authorities have said. communications minister told AFP on Monday. The fighting was triggered by the “assassination” of a nomadic Arab-speaking […]

Algeria suspends consular cooperation with France in three main cities

Algerian authorities suspended consular cooperation with France in its consulates of Nice, Marseille, and Montpellier, amid a worsening diplomatic crisis that led the French interior minister to call for banning entry to the Algerian nomenklatura. The Algerian escalatory move came in a series of provocations including the refusal to admit Algerian nationals who have been […]