Moroccan navy saved 31 would-be migrants and recovered the bodies of 11 others after their boat was found on October 1 off the country’s northern coast. The captain of the boat is a Malian citizen and preliminary investigations show that a Malian national organized the crossing. International news agencies citing activists and the International Organization […]
Morocco’s high commission for planning issued bleak figures on the impact of coronavirus, which pushed 142,000 companies to halt activity, forcing 700,000 to temporary or lasting unemployment. In total, 57% of Moroccan enterprises, mostly small and medium sized have ceased operations. These comprise 135,000 enterprises that closed temporarily and 6,300 that declared bankruptcy, the HCP’s […]
The U.S. State Department has confirmed the appointment of Kathleen FitzGibbon as Washington’s new envoy to Niger now led by a junta that toppled on July 26 west-backed leader Mohamed Bazoum. Vedant Patel, the deputy spokesman of the State Department confirmed FitzGibbon’s appointment arguing that she is going there to lead the mission during a […]
