The World Bank (WB) has just approved a $500 million loan to improve protection against health risks, childhood human capital losses, old-age poverty and climate change in Morocco. This is the first in a series of three grants for a government reform program that is concurrently receiving support from other development partners, the Washington-based organization […]
The United States has vowed to use “overwhelming lethal force” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, following a series of airstrikes that killed at least 53 people over the weekend. The Pentagon emphasized that while the strikes are meant to deter the Houthis from resuming attacks, they do not aim to create an “endless offensive” or bring […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), equivalent of U.S. FBI, announced on Tuesday the dismantling, in cooperation with Spanish security services, of a terrorist cell operating in Nador and Melilla. Two men, aged 34 and 39, were nabbed in the Moroccan Northeastern city of Nador and nine others were captured in Spanish enclave Melilla […]
