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Morocco to resume maritime passenger traffic on Feb 6

Morocco said it will reopen ports to passenger traffic on Feb 6 after a similar announcement last week that it will resume passenger air traffic on Feb 7. The government has also decided a set of procedures and measures to ensure the proper implementation of its decision to reopen the borders to passenger air and […]

IMF projects Kenya to dethrone Ethiopia as East Africa’s largest economy in 2025

Kenya is set to become East Africa’s largest economy by 2025, overtaking Ethiopia, according to new projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF forecasts Kenya’s GDP will reach $132 billion, surpassing Ethiopia’s projected $117 billion. This shift is driven by divergent economic strategies. Ethiopia’s decision to devalue its currency, the birr, by over […]

COVID-19: Morocco extends night curfew, other restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Feb.16

Morocco has extended the anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, February 16 at 9 p.m. The measures include a night curfew, closure of restaurants and shopping centers at 08 p.m. and maintenance of ban on public gatherings. The restrective measures were first decreed on Dec.23, 2020 for three weeks and have […]