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Morocco’s economic growth to improve to 3.5% in 2020-World Bank

The World Bank expects Morocco’s economic growth to jump from 2.7% in 2019 to 3.5% in 2020, the World Bank said citing Morocco’s reforms to curb fiscal deficit and boost exports. Morocco’s GDP should increase at a slower pace to 3.6 in 2021 and 3.8 in 2022, the World Bank said in its Global Economic […]

UNHCR’s Protection Chief Praises Morocco for Efforts to Protect Refugees

UNHCR’s protection chief Volker Türk has praised Morocco for adopting a National Policy on Immigration and Asylum  aiming at offering protection to refugees, the UN Refugee agency said in a statement. “Morocco is the first country on the African continent having signed the 1951 Geneva Convention,” Türk recalled in a speech at a meeting of […]

Libya: At Least 22 Gvt Soldiers Killed by Islamists

At least 22 Libyan soldiers were killed Thursday in an offensive launched by the Islamists fighters in a bid to take control of al-Sidra port harboring some of the country’s main oil terminals According to the Libyan authorities, the assailants, who used speedboats and rockets in their surprise attack, belong to the “Fajr Libya Movement”. […]