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IMF Hails Morocco’s Reforms towards a More Inclusive Economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is “impressed” by Morocco’s determination to pursue its structural reforms and endeavors to make its economy more inclusive, said Wednesday in Rabat IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. She cited as an instance the new development model being elaborated by a special committee and the Integrated Program for Enterprise Support and […]

JNIM’s rapid ascent reshapes Sahel security landscape, warn experts

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has emerged as the most powerful militant force in West Africa, now commanding up to 6,000 fighters and staging coordinated, high-impact attacks across the Sahel, experts warn. According new analysis titled ‘JNIM Expanding Geographic Reach and Staging Coordinated Attacks in the Sahel’, JNIM’s recent assaults in Timbuktu […]

Dozens killed, at least 150 missing after Canaries-bound migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania

At least 25 have reportedly died and more than 150 are missing when a boat full of people hoping to get to Spain’s Canary Islands capsized off the coast of Mauritania on Monday July 22, the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Africa, Mauritanian news agency  AMI said on […]