Morocco’s trade deficit shrunk 23.1% as the pandemic lowered both imports and exports with tourism being the worst hit sector. Tourism revenues dropped 53.8% to 36.3 billion dirhams from 70.7 billion dirhams in 2019 when Morocco received 13 million people. Imports bill dropped 14% thanks in particular to lower energy imports and fewer equipment imports […]
The Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives has accused Algeria of “interference in Libya’s sovereign affairs” after the Algerian President declared support for Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, that the parliament replaced with Fathi Bashagha as the country’s interim leader. Yusuf al-Agouri, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, published a scathing statement on Saturday targeting what he […]
Head of the Moroccan government Aziz Akhannouch said his cabinet needed a reshuffle as the government assesses its mid-term achievement. Speaking to his RNI party members at a rally, Akhannouch defended his cabinet saying he ensures “to guarantee harmony and cohesion within the government’s majority.” The specter of the change of PAM leadership hovered around […]
