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COVID-19: State of health emergency extended for another month in Morocco to July 10

The Moroccan government has finally decided to extend the state of health emergency until July 10 with gradual easing of confinement measures. The decision was made in line with a bill that was discussed and adopted Tuesday by a Cabinet Meeting, convened by videoconference under the chairmanship of head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani. […]

Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive debt-servicing shock, study warns

Strategies are needed to avoid debt crises that developing nations are currently facing, including the urgent need to find as much as $2.5-trillion over five years to meet external debt-service costs as interest rates rise and poorer countries struggle to refinance borrowings, according to a recent study. The findings published by the Bill & Melinda […]

Reducing Barkhane anti-Jihadist force would be risky, G-5 commander warns

The commander of the joint force of the G-5 Sahel countries engaged in the fight against armed terrorist groups, Nigerien General Oumarou Namata Gazama, on Thursday warned that a reduction of the Barkhane anti-Jihadist force envisaged by France would be risky.   In an interview broadcast by Radio France Internationale, the general considers that Takuba, […]