Morocco: PortNet and ONSSA Launch Joint Digital Platform to Modernize Import Clearance

Morocco has taken a further step in the digital transformation of its foreign trade administration with the launch of a new online service enabling importers to submit customs documentation and sanitary and phytosanitary data directly through the Moroccan Portal for Foreign Trade Procedures, PortNet. The initiative is a joint development between PortNet and the National […]

Morocco to offer financial help to the unemployed and suffering businesses due to Covid-19

A Moroccan committee adopted a series of measures, including stipends for the unemployed and loan and tax deferrals for enterprises in difficult financial conditions due to the coronavirus outbreak. Employees who lost their jobs will receive 2000 dirhams monthly and continue to benefit from family allowances and mandatory health coverage as well as a three-month […]

Libyan PM Invokes Terrorism in Appeal for EU Aid to Counter Illegal Migration

Libyan Prime Minister Faiez Serraj, head of the UN-backed unity government in Tripoli, called for help from the EU to stem the flow of migrants, warning that some illegal migrants may pose a terrorist threat when they reach Europe. He warned that would-be terrorists were among the tens of thousands of people able to pass […]