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$1bn more needed to avert famine in Somalia by year’s end, warns UN

At least US$1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year, the UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths predicted on Tuesday (6 September). Speaking from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, he said that, according to a new report from an authoritative panel of independent experts, there will be […]

Women set to take mayorship of three main Moroccan cities

Three women made headlines in Morocco after their electoral win becoming mayors of Morocco’s key cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech. In Marrakech, PAM leader Fatima Zahra Mansouri is set to have another term as mayor of Morocco’s first city in terms of tourist arrivals. She already took this job from 2009 to 2015. Nabila […]

Morocco: Major challenges awaiting next government

Several major economic and social challenges are awaiting the next government to be formed in Morocco following the landslide victory scored by the liberal parties to the detriment of the moderate Islamist PJD party in the parliamentary, regional, and local elections held September 8. According to the latest results of the counting of the ballots, […]