Niger needs food assistance

AN IFC loan to establish a private medical school in Marrakech

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced it has signed last week a €14 million loan agreement with KMR Holding Pédagogique (KMR), a leading pan-african higher education provider, to expand medical training in Morocco and Senegal and increase the number of health professionals in the two countries. KMR will use the financing to set up Morocco’s […]

Tunisia : Heavily criticized Law 52 to be reformed

 Tunisia is reviewing its drug laws which have easily put many people behind bars especially during the Ben Ali era. Tunisia’s population is around 11 million but tens of thousands have easily been convicted of these laws which do not distinguish between hard and soft laws. The reform of the law is part of efforts […]

Morocco: 152 people accused of incitement to illegal migration to stand trial

Moroccan authorities have captured the campaigners, mostly Algerians, who have incited lately naïve young people to storm the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta, near northern Moroccan town of Fnideq. The illegal crossing attempt is part of an Algerian destabilization strategy of neighboring Morocco. The hostile operation was intended to undermine the image of the North African […]