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Morocco, Turkey sign MoU on competition policies

Turkey and Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), vowing to establish an advanced partnership to promote cooperation in the field of competition policies and enforcement of competition laws in force in both countries, and to meet the challenges of “competition on markets.”   Morocco’s Competition Council President Driss Guerraoui and his Turkish counterpart […]

Coronavirus: Moroccan Tourism sector to lose $3.5 bln

Tourism seems to be the most hit sector after Morocco shut its borders with different tourism-related businesses standing to lose 34 billion dirhams ($3.5 bln), head of tourism federation Abdellatif Kabbaj said. The tourism sector including hotels, restaurants and tour operators, employ 500,000 people whose jobs are at risk because of the consequences of the […]

Somali gov’t, al-Shabab deny peace talks as president calls on militants to surrender

Both the Somali government and the al-Shabab militant group have denied having held peace talks, which comes after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had called on “brainwashed” young al-Shabab fighters to surrender to the government amid ongoing military offensives against the group. The denial came from a senior government official Saturday after Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud, a […]