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King’s instructions to facilitate Moroccan diaspora’s travel, a royal heartening move

King Mohammed VI has given instructions to a number of institutions and stakeholders to facilitate the 2021 Summer holidays for the Moroccan community settled abroad, whose majority could not visit the home country last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   The King’s instructions come just a couple of days before the entry into effect […]

Chinese tire manufacturer starts building major plant in Morocco

Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese tire manufacturer, has launched construction works of a major plant in Morocco, enhancing further the country’s growing automotive ecosystem. The Chinese group has earmarked $675 million investment for this new production site to be built over a 25 ha area in the Betoya Free Zone, Driouch […]

Senegal: celebration erupts as opposition candidate Faye nears victory in presidential vote

Senegal’s leading opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Monday (25 March) appeared to be reaching victory in the country’s delayed presidential election, as people have already taken to the streets in celebration of the end of incumbent President Macky Sall’s administration. The 44-year-old opposition candidate and tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears to be reaching […]