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Polisario Admits Sahara Incursions, UN Denies

The UN has refuted Morocco’s protests that the Polisario has conducted incursions in the buffer zone east of the security wall at a moment the Polisario, through its officials and media outlets, has admitted moving militiamen to the demilitarized area. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York that the MINURSO had “not observed […]

Japan lends Morocco $200 mln in aid

Japan has offered Morocco a loan of $200 million to back the coronavirus response program. An agreement was signed in this regards between Morocco’s finance ministry and Japan’s international cooperation agency (JICA). This loan aims at helping the government deal with the health, social and economic repercussions of the pandemic. JICA has been operating in […]

Algeria braces for another car industry fiasco

Algeria wants to develop a car industry but it wants it fast and without meeting the pre-requisite: a competitive industrial cluster or ecosystem of local part suppliers. In 2019, after his election, Algerian President Tebboune had criticized car industry professionals in his country accusing them of practicing “disguised imports” due to the very low sourcing […]