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COVID-19: Moroccan industrial plants shift production to face up health crisis, a prowess – Media

Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique and other French media have highlighted the prowess of the Moroccan industrial sector as several units have shifted their production chains to manufacture items or products so badly needed in these coronavirus times. An ethanol plant was rehabilitated in a week, textile factories are being converted to manufacture facemasks, an industrial […]

Syria: Moscow invites Syrian opposition for talks

Russia has sent 28 invitations to Syrian opposition sides within and outside the country for talks in Moscow as part of efforts to end the war.  The talks are expected to be held this month but reports are already claiming that opposition figures that are supporting the war against Assad’s regime could snub the talks. […]

Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance

Battered by the oil price slump, the underdeveloped banking sector in Algeria sees new financing sources in Islamic finance to tap into the huge informal economy and catch up with Morocco and Tunisia, which have already allowed such participatory banks to operate. As it edges towards offering banking services to suit more religiously conservative investors, […]