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Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), a grassroots network of volunteer aid groups, have been awarded the 2025 Rafto Prize for human rights work, in recognition of their life-saving efforts amid the country’s deepening war and humanitarian collapse. Founded during the 2023 civil war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the ERRs emerged […]
Morocco’s domestic tax revenues rose by an unprecedented 21% year-on-year by the end of August, signaling a remarkable fiscal performance ahead of the presentation of the draft Finance Bill for the upcoming legislative session, scheduled before October 20. The surge reflects a dynamic tax environment, with the country’s three main levies (corporate income tax (IS), […]
Morocco’s draft 2026 budget projects an economic growth rate of 4.5%, a figure that outpaces the global average of 3% and far exceeds the European Union’s sluggish 1%. On paper, the outlook appears promising. In reality, however, the growth target masks deeper structural issues. “A 4.5% growth rate is insufficient to absorb the growing ranks […]
Morocco is taking part in the 66th edition of UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational naval exercise, hosted this year by the United States. The drills, which run from September 15 to October 6, are being held across several strategic locations on the U.S. East Coast, including Mayport (Florida), Norfolk (Virginia), and Camp Lejeune (North Carolina), […]
The US Department of State has released its updated global travel advisory for September 2025, highlighting a growing number of countries deemed unsafe for American travelers. The advisory system ranks destinations from Level 1 to Level 4 based on security and health risks. Level 1 indicates countries where travelers should exercise normal precautions, while Level […]
More than 42 million people across six East and Horn of Africa countries are facing acute food insecurity in 2025, according to a grim new report from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises, released Tuesday (16 September), reveals that Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, […]
Moroccan music enchanted the public during a concert organized Tuesday in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC in a bid to celebrate dialogue and coexistence through art and musical performance. Morocco joined renowned artists from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and the Sultanate of Oman […]
The European Union representative Office in Tripoli announced the start of a new initiative aimed at strengthening the protection of World Heritage Sites and promoting cultural tourism in Libya, as part of international collaborative efforts to protect the country’s cultural heritage. The initiative was unveiled at the historic site of Leptis Magna Tuesday, during an […]
After more than sixty years of constitutional ambiguity, Morocco has finally adopted a legal framework regulating the right to strike. The organic law, published in the Official Bulletin on March 24, 2025, will take effect next week, according to L’Economiste. Although the Constitution guaranteed this right as early as 1962, no application text existed until […]
Africa’s largest telecom operator, MTN Group, is in advanced negotiations with U.S. and European firms to build a network of AI-powered data centers across the continent — a strategic move to close the continent’s infrastructure gap and position it as a key player in the global digital economy. The initiative, led by MTN’s newly formed […]