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Difficulties in securing foreign currencies and lack of affordable credit in the wake of rising interest rates are major challenges facing traders in the East African Community, according to a new report on the Ease of Doing Business in the EAC 2023, that also highlights traders still facing challenges at borders and markets despite harmonized […]
Earthquake-hit Morocco has been playing a central role in ensuring security and stability in Europe’s southern borders and its autonomy plan for the Sahara requires serious western attention, wrote the Financial Times. As Moroccan authorities and army maintain steady efforts to rescue and shelter population in earthquake-hit villages in the Atlas Mountains, Richard Shirreff of […]
Professional and credible international media on the ground in the earthquake affected areas in Morocco are witnessing the colossal efforts undertaken by authorities to rescue and shelter the people who lost their relatives and homes. “Overall the Moroccan government’s response has been reasonably effective,” wrote Peter Beaumont, a Guardian journalist specilized in covering disasters. While […]
As rescue and relief efforts continue unabated in the earthquake-hit areas, King Mohammed VI ordered that children who lost their parents to be given status of adoptees of the nation, in a gesture of national solidarity. The earthquake that struck a week ago was the deadliest since 1960 killing nearly 3000 people, destroying villages in […]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths,commended on Friday Morocco’s “distinguished” history of building up and investing in its own response capacities, highlighting, in this regard, the country’s action in the aftermath of the Al Haouz earthquake. Morocco has mobilized “tremendous” resources to respond to the earthquake, pulling survivors from the […]
King Mohammed VI chaired this Thursday September 14, 2023, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, a working meeting devoted to activating the emergency program for rehousing disaster victims and caring for the categories most affected by the Al Haouz earthquake. This meeting follows the working session presided over by the Sovereign on September 9, 2023 […]
Immediately following the tragic earthquake that struck several regions in Morocco last Friday night, Moroccans from all walks of life showed a remarkable solidarity and rushed to rescue, assist, and help the disaster victims overcome their ordeal. This wave of solidarity demonstrated the unity of Moroccans and their ability to endure adversity with dignity, patience, […]
The government of Benin has reaffirmed strong support for the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the plan is the ONLY “credible and realistic solution” to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement issued in Rabat following the meeting held Tuesday between Moroccan foreign […]
The Council of Foreign ministers of Conseil de l’Entente named Ivorian ambassador and Director General of the African Integration Ouattara Wautabouna as the new Secretary General of the West African regional organization in replacement of countryman Marcel Amon Tanoh. Tanoh’s spell at the realm of the organization grouping Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and […]
Africa’s continuing poor investments in agricultural production, including use of modern technology, are hurting the continent’s ambitions to feed itself, combined with a rising population that does held the situation, African top brains in food security recently gathering in Dar es Salaam were told. Leaders and experts attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Tanzania’s […]