Mauritania: Court of appeal reduces anti-slavery activists’ prison sentences

The 13 anti-slavery activists from the slavery abolitionist movement (known by its acronym IRA) have been seen their prison sentences reduced after an appeal court revisited their cases, reports say. Zouerate court of appeal Friday November 17 overturned the 20 years in prison pronounced against the activists on Wednesday November 16. The court in a […]

Algeria Resorts to Printing Press to Fix Budget Deficit

The Algerian government has resorted again to the printing press to inject in the market over 4,000 billion dinars, the equivalent of 20% of the country’s GDP, to deal with the 2018 budget deficit. The situation is likely to get worse in 2019, as the outlook for oil prices is rather pessimistic. Since 2014, economic […]

Morocco Ranks Third Among Global Frontier Markets in S&P Dow Jones Index

Morocco has consolidated its position as one of the world’s leading frontier markets, securing a 7.8 percent weighting in the S&P Frontier BMI published by S&P Dow Jones Indices as of 31 May 2026. The ranking places Morocco third globally, behind Argentina at 25.9 percent and Vietnam at 17.3 percent, and ahead of markets including […]