Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Moroccan banks Attijariwafa Bank, Bank of Africa, and Credit Immobilier et Hotelier (CIH) to Negative from Stable, while affirming the three banks’ Long-Term Foreign-and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BB+’. This comes after Fitch’s revision of the outlook on Morocco’s sovereign rating to Negative from Stable on […]
After weeks of procrastination, hesitation and standoff between the Egyptian interim government and supporters of the Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, ousted by Gen. El Sissi, the security forces moved in to break up sit-ins and protest camps set up in Cairo by Muslim Brotherhood supporters demanding Morsi return to power. But the hardline move by […]
Morocco’s tourism sector is poised to outperform last year’s record with the arrival of 6 million tourists in the first five months of this year, tourism minister Fatima Ezzahra Ammour said. The number of arrivals was 770,000 higher compared to the same period last year, as Morocco continues to attract international hotel brands to invest […]
