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Athletics: Morocco’s King congratulates Soufiane El Bakkali for winning 3,000m steeplechase world title

King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to champion Soufiane El Bakkali for winning gold Tuesday in the 3,000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest. In this message, the Monarch lauded the athlete’s remarkable performance which enabled him to win this world title for the second consecutive time, becoming an […]

Somalia: Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud returns to the helm of the country

Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud returns to the helm of Somalia after he was elected as president for the second time on Sunday, at a time the Horn of Africa country faces an Islamist insurgency and looming famine. After a marathon vote to decide between 36 candidates, broadcast on national television, parliamentary officials counted more than 165 […]

Morocco showcases public enterprise reform success at World Bank meeting

Morocco’s public enterprise reform experience took center stage at the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington Wednesday, with Economy and Finance Minister Nadia Fettah highlighting the sector’s pivotal role in national economic development and job creation during a panel on employment-generating public enterprise reforms. The kingdom’s 60 commercial public enterprises contribute significantly to economic vitality, […]