Parliamentary and presidential elections are fast approaching in Tunisia but eligible voters seem to be less enthusiastic about it. Almost half of the 8million voters registered for the last parliamentary elections held in 2011. The authorities are struggling to encourage the remaining half in the upcoming elections. Voters are claiming that they have been disappointed […]
Remittances of Moroccans living abroad, one of the main source of foreign exchange reserves in Morocco, grew by 4% in the first eleven months of 2017 to stand at 60.2 billion dirhams ($6.5 bln), while FDI flow in the country grew by 13.2% to 21.8 billion dirhams over the same period compared to 19.3 billion […]
Tunisia’s president, Moncef Marzouki, has voiced concerns over insecurity in the region as he claims that Islamist militants linked to Al-Qaeda are moving towards North Africa from Southwest Asia. He blames their migration on the lack of policing of the Sahara desert by North African countries which heavily dominates the southern part of the region. […]
