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Morocco’s 2022 draft budget foresees 3.2% growth, 5.9% budget deficit

Morocco’s government has unveiled the headlines of its budget draft bill forecasting a budget deficit of 5.9% of GDP and a growth rate of 3.2%. Speaking to the press following a government council, finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui and minister in charge of the budget reiterated the commitment of the government to foster the social […]

Libya: parliamentary polls to be held simultaneously with presidential election runoff

The runoff of the Dec. 24 presidential elections in Libya will take place on the same day as parliamentary elections, Emad Al-Sayeh head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), told media on Sunday. Libyans are expected to head to the polls on Dec. 24 to elect a new president, a decade after the former […]

Border barriers within EAC hamper its trade ambitions with Africa — AfDB report

Immigration restrictions between citizens of East African Community (EAC) member states could derail the efforts by the bloc to align with the continental free trade policies, according to new data prepared by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The report released by the AfDB and African Union Commission on Sunday shows that while the EAC is […]