UNCTAD study on Illicit financial flows (IFFs)

Chad’s new Premier unveils 41-member Cabinet

Succes Masra, Chad’s new Prime Minister, has presented a new cabinet of 41 ministers including 8 new comers, one day after his appointment by the country’s transitional leader, Mahamat Idriss Déby. Masra officially took office Tuesday January 2 in a ceremony attended by outgoing transitional Prime Minister, Saleh Kebzabo who led the administration for 14 […]

Climate Change: Moroccan expert, member of AfDB Adaptation Benefits Mechanism board

The African Development Bank has appointed a group of 8 renowned experts, including Moroccan Fatima-Zahra Taibi, to the board of a continental initiative to mobilize financing for resilience to the negative impacts of climate change, the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM), the AfDB said in a press release. Fatima Zahra Taibi is a senior adviser to […]

Morocco Receives First Batch of Abrams Tanks

Morocco received yesterday (Sunday) at Casablanca’s port the first batch of the US-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, as part of an order of 250 similar armored tanks. Last May, Moroccan media reported that the US will deliver to the Royal Armed Forces 22 Abrams this summer. The first convoy of this heavy armored tank […]