Former US envoy advises Tunisian leader to refrain from following footsteps of late Ben Ali

Former US ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray has urged the President Kais Saied  not to take a leaf out of ex- autocratic Ben Ali’s book, noting that the incumbent Tunisian leader has a disdain for democratic institutions and disregard for the economy. “In August, I warned that Saied seemed to be following in Ben Ali’s […]

Morocco is experiencing an exceptional momentum in society’s diversity, pluralism – André Azoulay

Royal adviser André Azoulay has praised the values of openness prevailing in Morocco, which is experiencing, he said, an exceptional momentum in terms of its society’s diversity and pluralism. In a lecture he delivered Friday June 9 at the headquarters of the Rabat-based Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ICESCO), as part of […]

Morocco’s Finance Minister Selected Chairman of IDB Board of Governors

Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid was selected Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for a year. The tenure will end at the end of the 44th Council meeting, scheduled to take place in Marrakech in April 2019, said a statement from the Finance Ministry. Boussaid […]