EU Commission Approves New €90.5 Million Migration-related Programs in North Africa

The European Commission Friday (July 6) approved three new migration-related programs in Morocco, Tunisia and Libya totaling €90.5 million. The new programs, under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, will provide support to authorities of partner countries, including Morocco, to improve their ability to manage better their borders and, at the same time, will […]

African countries pledge to boost intra-continental trade under AfCFTA to 50% by 2030

African countries participating in the Africa Economic Summit 2024 held last week in Abuja pledged to boost intra-continental trade from 14% to at least 50% by 2030 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The summit closed with a release of a white paper on coordinated actions that governments and institutions should commit to […]

World Bank ready to increase its support to Morocco

The World Bank Vice-Pdt for the MENA region Farid Belhaj has voiced the bank’s readiness to increase its support to Morocco in social and economic sectors to enable the Kingdom take up development challenges. At separate meetings in Rabat with Head of Government Saad Dine El Otmani and Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance Mohamed […]