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Tunisian Women Stand up for Gender Equality in Inheritance

More than 1000 women marched in the streets in Tunis Saturday  to demand equal inheritance rights for both sexes following a debate that left the Tunisian society divided. The current Tunisian inheritance law is based on Islamic jurisprudence, which grants women half of what it gives men in inheritance, while making men financially responsible for […]

Coronavirus pushed Morocco’s tourism promotion office to focus on domestic tourists

Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) is planning to encourage domestic tourism to compensate for losses due to the global impact of the coronavirus on international tourist arrivals. Prospects for a return to normalcy in the tourism sector before 2021 are bleak, said l’Economiste daily citing the office. “Hopes are therefore pinned on domestic demand as […]

US Grants Morocco $670,000 to cushion coronavirus blow

The United States government has granted Morocco $670,000 (6.6 millionDH) to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US embassy in Rabat.   The funds are provided by the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infections Diseases at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said the embassy in a statement.   […]