DR Congo: despite upbeat rhetoric, EAC troops fail to rein in M23 rebels

The East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) troops set up in 2022 to thwart the advance of insurgents, and most notably the armed group M23, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has since December 2022 been proclaiming progress, but on the ground, the rebels are still present and still attacking civilians. Created five […]

Morocco’s King inaugurates Rabat International University Hospital Mohammed VI Complex, orders opening of Agadir Mohammed VI CHU

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, inaugurated on Monday Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex of Rabat and ordered the opening of the Agadir University Hospital. These two large hospital facilities will help improve medical care in Morocco, generate thousands of direct & indirect jobs and contribute to economic and social […]

Morocco braces for austerity measures in wake of Covid-19

Morocco seems to have opted for austerity measures instead of a revision of its appropriation bill to offset the rise in public spending to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Morocco expects a spike in spending to counter coronavirus and mitigate its social and economic impact combined with a drop in tax and customs revenues as demand […]