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Gulf Crisis: King Mohammed VI Dispatches Envoy to Gulf, Commends Kuwait’s Efforts to Defuse Tension

King Mohammed VI has dispatched Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita as his special envoy to several Gulf countries, part of the sovereign’s efforts to help ease the current tension poisoning relations between Qatar and its neighbors. In the context of this Gulf tour, Nasser Bourita delivered this Tuesday a verbal message from King Mohammed VI to […]

UNHCR: Over 6,000 refugees in Morocco received financial assistance during Covid-19 crisis

UN and European officials have commended Morocco’s continued commitment to the rights of refugees, ensuring them access to public services, education, healthcare, legal protection and employment, in the same way as Moroccan citizens. At a press conference held lately in Rabat by the UNHCR on the situation of refugees in North Africa, they said that […]

South Africa economy edges on recession in Q4

The mining sector has helped the South African economy avoid recession with a growth of 0.1% in the fourth quarter. The rate is not enough to create jobs for the millions of the unemployed in the country which braces for elections in May. The key mining industry recorded a 2.4 percent increase in output helped […]