A scandal is unfolding in Algeria after more than 700 people were intoxicated after drinking tap water in the city of Blida. Most of the victims were registered among children and the elderly showing intoxication symptoms including vomiting, vertigo and acute diarrhea. The local press is citing the low quality of the water distribution system […]
The kingdom of Morocco will strive to meet its energy needs if Algeria presses ahead to terminate at the end of this month the gas transit agreement for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME), Financial Times notes. Algeria and Morocco have seen their ties go further sour in recent weeks with Algiers adopting a string […]
Morocco has improved its standing in the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom, issued by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation. Index of Economic Freedom measures economic freedom of 186 countries based on trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and property rights. Morocco’s economic freedom score is 62.9, making its economy the 75th freest in the 2019 Index, […]
