Blue economy

Only 430,000 tourists visited Morocco in first quarter

Morocco’s tourism sector still reels under the impact of the pandemic with a drop in arrivals to 430,000 tourists in the first quarter of 2021, down 78% from last year, and plummeting revenue to 5.3 billion dirhams, Morocco’s tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The impact of the global health crisis on tourism in Morocco […]

Turkey: AKP to cruise to power with single-party government

Erdogan-backed Justice and Development Party (AKP) stunned Turkish political circles as it secured Sunday a parliamentary majority in the November 1 election after it lost outright victory in the June 7 polls. AKP succeeded in clinching nearly 49 per cent of the total votes and thus secured more than 300 seats in the 550-seat Turkish […]

Senegalese President, Morocco’s King share same resolve to further strengthen the two countries’ strategic partnership

President of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye and King Mohammed VI have voiced their shared resolve to further strengthen the two countries’ strategic and multidimensional partnership. This came during an audience the Senegalese head of state granted Tuesday in Dakar to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who is taking part in the “Invest in Senegal” forum. […]