Morocco’s growth seen at 1.3 in 2022, inflation to tamper next year- HCP says

Morocco’s growth will be limited to 1.3% only in 2022, down from 7.9% last year, due to external shocks and drought, Morocco’s statistics agency HCP said.   While highlighting the uncertainties surrounding the global economic outlook, the agency expected Morocco’s economic growth to recover to 3.4% next year on the back of a higher agricultural […]

Germany, Tunisia Reach Deal to Fast-track Repatriation of Rejected Asylum Seekers

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that an agreement has been sealed with Tunisian authorities to speed up the process of repatriating the Tunisians who failed to obtain the status of refugee in Germany after a rejected Tunisian awaiting deportation killed 12 people at a Berlin market in December. Merkel made the announcement during a two-day […]

South Sudan’s fragile peace tested as calls mount to replace Machar with SPLM-IO breakaway leader

South Sudan’s political stability faces renewed strain after General Khamis Abdel-Latif Chawul Lom urged President Salva Kiir Mayardit to replace First Vice President Riek Machar with Stephen Par Kuol, leader of a breakaway SPLM-IO faction. Machar, a key architect of the 2018 peace accord, has been under house arrest since March over an ongoing criminal […]