Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said growth will reach 3.3% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019, down from 4% last year. The bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, as the financial conditions look stable since the launch of the gradual dirham float last January. Inflation was expected to reach 1.8% on […]
The Polisario is again involved in the kidnapping of a young girl, adopted by a Spanish family, as she was prevented from returning to Spain after she visited the Tindouf Camps for what she tought would be sort holidays. The young Filleh mint Chahid mint Laaroussi was actually prevented by her biological family, living in […]
Morocco’s population is ageing with a fertility rate of 1.97 children per woman, head of the planning agency HCP said. Speaking at a presentation on the detailed results of the 2024 census, Chakib Benmousa said the fertility rate is below the 2.1 children per woman, generally believed to be needed to maintain a stable population. […]
