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Morocco’s stable Dirham, a competitive advantage or an export handicap?

Morocco’s dirham has maintained remarkable stability over the past decade while currencies of competitors Turkey and Egypt collapsed, creating apparent price advantages for those nations’ exports. However, exchange rate dynamics reveal far more complexity than nominal depreciation suggests, notes Media 24 news outlet in an analysis. Over 2015-2024, the dirham depreciated just 0.7% against the […]

Morocco elected IAG Coordinator at Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

Morocco was unanimously elected on Friday as Coordinator of the Implementation and Assessment Group (IAG) of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) for the 2019-2021 period.   Morocco was elected by the 88 partner countries participating in the 11th GICNT plenary meeting, held June 5-7 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reported MAP.   This […]

English-speaking Cameroon: 22 villagers including children, women killed – UN  

At least twenty two people, including 14 children and women were killed Friday in the village of Ntumbo, populated by the English-speaking minority in northwest Cameroon. The majority of children are under 5. The opposition and local NGOs have accused the government and the military, who have been fighting Anglophone secessionist armed groups for three […]