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World Bank Launches $500 million Education Support Program in Morocco

The World Bank announced Thursday the launch of a new program worth $500 million (4.77 billion dirhams) destined to support Moroccan authorities in the generalization of access to pre-school education, strengthening the skills and competencies of teachers and upgrading the governance of the education sector. The World Bank’s “Education Sector Support Program for Morocco” to […]

Spain-Polisario: A first witness heard by a Spanish judge in the Brahim Ghali case; claims Ghali was present in torture sessions

The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH).   The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]

IMF and UM6P Urge New Growth Model for Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region should treat its current wave of geopolitical, economic, and technological shocks as an opportunity to rethink growth models and accelerate structural reforms, according to Jihad Azour, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East and Central Asia department. Speaking Monday in Rabat at the opening of the […]