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Education as a Priority for Future EU-Maghreb Cooperation

When President Barack Obama, in a speech in Cairo University in 2009, pointed to education and innovation as being the mechanisms of progress in the 21st century, these ideas must have resonated in capital cities across North Africa. Although different countries in the region have made various efforts to improve education and innovation and create […]

Tunisia: Qatar Friendship Fund supports Tunisia’s revival

Tunisian youths are being offered an opportunity by the Qatar Friendship Fund (QFF) to venture into entrepreneurship as the country’s economy continues to struggle.  Youths from the rural areas are expected to benefit from four agreements which were signed by Qatar’s Ambassador to Tunisia who also doubles as the Chairman of the Qatar Friendship Fund, […]

Morocco’s Pension Fund Promises less Paperwork, Faster Processing

Morocco’s Caisse Marocaine des Retraites (CMR) has announced new measures aimed at simplifying retirement and survivor-pension case management, under Circular No. 8/2026. The goal is to reduce administrative paperwork and speed up the processing of applications for future retirees and their beneficiaries, the pension fund said. The new framework fits within a broader push to […]