IMF Director: Price stability is a basic condition to achieving growth; WB President eyes longer, cheaper loans

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that price stability is “is a prerequisite for growth and it protects people, especially the poor.” This means the fight against inflation remains paramount. In her address at the plenary session of the 2023 annual meetings of the World Bank and the […]

No apologies for colonial abuses in Algeria, says President Macron

French President Emanuel Macron made it clear that there will be “no repentance nor apologies” for the occupation of Algeria or the bloody eight-year war that ended French rule. However, the French President said he supports “symbolic acts” that encourage reconciliation between the two countries. The Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) was marked by war […]

COVID-19: US health authorities list Morocco in low-risk countries; display full map of Kingdom

The United States’ Centers for Disease Control  (CDC) has just updated its recommendations to American citizens concerning international travels and the COVID-19 contamination risks worldwide, listing Morocco among low-risk countries. In its new recommendations, the federal agency listed Morocco among the countries where contamination risks are low and displayed the undivided map of the Kingdom, […]