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Automotive industry unseats phosphates again as Morocco’s top exporting sector

Sales abroad by all segments of the automotive sector gained traction in the first quarter this year becoming Morocco’s top exporting sector again ahead of phosphates’ sales which topped exports last year. Morocco is home to two large plants by Stellantis and Renault as well as an automotive ecosystem exporting wire harness and interior parts […]

France bears €2 bln burden from 1968 Franco-Algerian accord

A confidential parliamentary report has exposed what lawmakers describe as a “costly imbalance” in Franco-Algerian relations, estimating that France spends €2 billion annually due to the 1968 migration accord, while Algeria continues to obstruct deportations and shirk financial obligations. The agreement, signed six years after Algeria’s independence, was intended to facilitate labor migration during France’s […]

Tunisia: Six Terrorists Arrested at Monastir Airport

Tunisian security forces last week nabbed six terrorists at Monastir international airport as they were traveling on fake Libyan passports. Tunisia has been struggling with militancy since the 2011 revolution which ousted former President Ben Ali. The North African country was hit last year by three major terrorist attacks perpetrated by Islamic State fighters who, […]