Fuel Prices Surge Again in Morocco as Middle East Tensions Drive Up Energy Costs

Moroccan motorists and transport operators faced a fourth fuel price increase in as many months on April 1st, as distributors raised pump prices with effect from midnight. Diesel rose by approximately 1.70 dirhams per liter, bringing it to around 14.50 dirhams, while unleaded petrol increased by 1.57 dirhams to reach approximately 15.50 dirhams. The adjustment […]

A Moroccan killed in Doha building collapse

The Moroccan embassy in Qatar has confirmed the death of a Moroccan national after a four-story building collapsed on Wednesday in Doha’s Bin Durham neighborhood. Qatari Interior ministry said the search & rescue teams pulled seven survivors from the rubble, while the one person killed was inside the building at the time of the collapse. […]

Sahel emergency: the world’s most neglected and conflict-ridden region

Africa’s volatile Sahel region risks becoming a forgotten crisis because of the many competing emergencies around the world, a senior United Nations official has warned. The head of the regional office for West and Central Africa for the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Charles Bernimolin, noted that millions of people in six Sahel […]