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Coronavirus costs Morocco $2 bln in tourism revenue

The losses of the tourism sector since the outbreak of the coronavirus last March rose to 18.3 billion dirhams ($2 bln) down 90.1% compared to last year, the national tourism observatory reported. The figure reflects the hard blow ensued by the tourism sector which represents 7% of Morocco’s GDP and employs directly more than 500,000 […]

US conditions removal of Sudan from terrorist list on normalization with Israel

The United States has conditioned the removal of Sudan from its list of states sponsors of terrorism on its normalization of diplomatic ties with Israel, the Sudanese top diplomat Omer Ismail told media on Sunday. “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo combined, during his visit to Khartoum in late August, the two files of the […]

Pseudo-SADR suffers another setback in Latin America

The pseudo-Sahrawi Republic (SADR) suffers another setback in Latin America with El Salvador announcing it is reconsidering its recognition of the SADR, self-proclaimed by the Algeria-backed Polisario. El Salvador, which has been supporting Polisario’s “independence” claims since 1989 when it recognized the pseudo-SADR, issued a statement through its foreign affairs ministry, emphasizing that new President […]