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Morocco: International meeting in Dakhla highlights relevance of Autonomy Plan for Sahara

Several civil society activists and African diplomats have stressed, Saturday in Dakhla, the relevance of the autonomy plan presented by Morocco to end the artificial conflict over the Sahara. This came during an international meeting on Morocco’s autonomy plan, which was organized by the France-based Sahrawi Association of Solidarity for the Autonomy and Sustainable Development […]

Africa needs stronger resources governance amid current global critical minerals rush — experts

African governments need to develop robust strategies for the critical minerals sector amid global rush for the continent’s lithium and other strategically important rare metals, a recent research has found. Demand for lithium, for example, tripled from 2017 to 2022, while the critical minerals market doubled in five years, reaching US$320 billion in 2022, according […]

Morocco plans further incentives to curb informal sector

Morocco plans to introduce subsidies to help small companies leave the informal sector, employment minister Younes Sekkouri said. The aid consists of 10000 dirhams to subsidize rent payments of small companies to help them integrate the formal sector, Sekkouri said. Sekkouri deplored that 70% of Moroccan entrepreneurs are operating in the underground economy. He also […]