Ahmed Lahlimi

IMF offers Morocco $1.3 bln loan to face climate risks

The International Monetary Fund will lend Morocco $1.3 bln to help the country fend off climate change risks, Morocco’s news agency reported. “The IMF concluded a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide $1.3 billion in financing over the long term,” the agency said, citing IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva. Georgieva made the announcement during her participation […]

UN counter-terrorism chief warns of ISIS’ surge in Africa, calls for global action

A senior UN counter-terrorism official has warned about the escalating threat level that the Islamic State (ISIL/Daesh) and other related terrorist groups pose to West Africa and particularly the Sahel amid the growing political unrest and instability in the region. Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in a briefing to the […]

Morocco on course to launch crypto assets

Morocco’s central bank has prepared a draft law allowing the use of crypto assets in the country, Central Bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said. The central bank “with the participation of all stakeholders and the support of the World Bank, has prepared a draft law regulating crypto assets, which is currently in the adoption process,” Jouahri […]