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Nigeria’s federal government generated 625.39 billion nairas ($1.4 billion) in value-added tax (VAT) in the third quarter of 2022, reports say. The figure accounts for 25.95% increase from the previous year. The tax payments collected rose by 4.21% from 600.15 billion nairas in the second quarter of the year per data gathered by National Bureau […]
Burkina Faso’s Minister of Mining Tuesday branded rubbish Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s claims that the insecurity-dogged country has awarded a mining field to the Russian private military company Wagner for exploration in exchange for support. “We have not granted a permit to a Russian company in southern Burkina. On the other hand, a cabinet meeting […]
Tunisia’s anti-terrorism judge decided to imprison Ali Laarayedh, a former Prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after hours of investigation into suspicions of sending Tunisian jihadists to Syria, the defense of the ex-Premier has told media. “The investigative judge issued a prison decision against former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh in […]
Some unidentified armed men have kidnapped a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a non-profit organization in Gao, northern Mali. “Unidentified armed men entered the MSF base in Gao during the night of December 18. One of our colleagues from the region who was at the base was kidnapped,” the charity organization told Anadolu news […]
The West and China should seek deeper cooperation over Africa’s debt conundrum in 2023, without which many countries on the continent will face debt distress and defaults, a new research paper by Chatham House warns. The report warns that although China’s lending to Africa did not cause the current African debt distress in most cases […]
King Mohammed VI, of Morocco, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, received on Tuesday in the Throne Room at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the members of the National soccer Team, after their brilliant performance in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. This audience reflects the high solicitude of His […]
Moroccans coming from across the country and from abroad flocked to Rabat this Tuesday to welcome the Atlas Lions upon their return home after their mesmerizing participation in the Qatar 2022 World cup. The fans started gathering along the itinerary to be taken by the team hours before the team’s plane landed at Rabat-Sale airport. […]
Morocco’s central bank has decided to raise its key rate by 50 basis points to 2.5pc due to inflation upward trends and external pressures that spread to non-tradable goods and services and to the implementation of the subsidy system reform starting 2024. During last quarterly meeting held Tuesday in Rabat, the Board of Bank Al-Maghrib […]
The EU’s carbon tax, agreed recently, is a chance for Moroccan industry operators to enhance their competitiveness. “We should not look at this measure as a burden on our industries. It is rather an advantage to overcome competition,” Minister of Industry and trade Ryad Mezzour told local media le360. EU governments reached a deal over […]
Morocco’s Atlas Lions made history at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, being the first African and Arab team to have ever reached the semi-finals of the most popular sport event in the world. The reasons explaining this wonderful journey of the Moroccans are multiple and various and might vary from an expert to an […]