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Morocco’s 2024 budget forecasts 3.7% growth, fiscal deficit at 4%

The Moroccan government expects an economic growth of 3.7% and a narrowing of the fiscal deficit to 4% next year, according to a draft buddget that was approved by a ministerial council chaired this Thursdau by King Mohammed VI. The earthquake that struck on Sept 8 had no impact on the macro-economic assumptions of the […]

Outrage in Senegal after Mauritanian Border Guards Kill Two Fishermen

A crisis is brewing between the two West African neighbors, Mauritania and Senegal. It all started after Mauritanian coast guards shot dead two Senegalese fishermen. The incident has propelled Senegal to deploy a warship in its sea borders with Mauritania. Senegalese voiced their outrage at the killing of the two fishermen with hundred protesters taking […]

Burundi: Nearly 1.5 million people need humanitarian aid – UN

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, indicated Monday that 1.5 million in Burundi need urgent humanitarian aid amounting to $194.2 million. The agency made the announcement as it launched the country’s 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan. The agency indicated that the needy include 1.1 million most vulnerable. OCHA called for an […]