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Morocco’s Foreign Reserves Hit Record High on Tourism and FDI Surge

Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves climbed to an unprecedented 431.24 billion dirhams ($47 billion) at the end of October, up 19.6% from a year earlier, according to central bank data. Bank Al-Maghrib projects the upward trend will continue into 2026, reflecting strong tourism receipts and a sharp rebound in foreign direct investment (FDI). Travel revenues rose […]

Algeria intensifies crackdown on free press, rights activists amid covid-19 outbreak

The advent of the coronavirus did not prevent Algerian authorities from continuing their clampdown on the free press and human rights activists. After banning Hirak movement marches, the newly recycled civilian leadership whose strings are pulled by the same old military junta arrested well-known Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni who has widely reported on Algeria’s protest […]

Rights Watchdogs denounce surge in Tunisia’s repression of free speech

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International joined their voice to local Tunisian rights watchdogs to denounce the ongoing repressive measures targeting journalists, civil society activists, and critics of President Kais Saied’s iron fist. “By attacking journalists and other media figures, Saied’s government is moving to put the last nail in the coffin of Tunisia’s civic […]