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Morocco has taken a series of reforms to diversify the triggers of growth for its economy away from dependence on agriculture, phosphates and tourism through developing competitive industries and diversifying its trading partners. Agriculture weights about 15% of the Moroccan economy making the amount of rainfall key to influence economic performance. Last year, cereals output […]
Since the launch by Haftar’s LNA forces of an offensive to take Tripoli from the UN-sponsored government (GNA) early April, trade has been heavily affected in Tunisian border towns with hospitals full of wounded Libyans. The intensifying battles around Tripoli are also putting a strain on Tunisia’s security apparatus which announced on May 3 the […]
The Algerian regime has tightened the screws on the movement of Sahrawis in Tindouf camps, by stripping them of Algerian passports which they use for traveling overseas. After they ordered the polisario to toughen the entry and exit measures for the Sahrawis living in the Tindouf camps, the Algerian authorities are now withdrawing Algerian passports, […]
The offensive on Tripoli waged by Haftar’s forces has lost momentum hitting a dead end as forces loyal to UN-backed government managed to thwart the attack. Meanwhile Haftar’s sources of funding are eroding as the conflict drags on. Haftar attached utmost importance to securing necessary funding for his LNA forces but still the Government of […]
Haftar’s offensive on Tripoli has resulted in unlawful attacks that could amount to war crimes, which must be investigated by international prosecutors, Amnesty International said. The international rights watchdog revealed evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas and on migrants in the Libyan capital. Amnesty said it has gathered witness testimony and analyzed satellite imagery, […]
King Mohammed VI has condemned as despicable the terrorist attacks that targeted vital Saudi energy facilities. “Following the despicable attacks against vital Saudi energy facilities, I express my firmest condemnation of this appalling acts, which seek to undermine the security and stability of your country”, said the Monarch in a message to the Custodian of […]
Algerian authorities have expelled American Arabic media Al Hurra’s reporter and detained him on his arrival, reports say. Abdellah Imassi from Morocco was detained on Wednesday after arriving in the Algerian capital for a report for the Washington-based media, Huffpost Maghreb reports. Authorities at the airport interrogated the man reportedly for six hours before putting […]
The main source of foreign direct investment in Morocco in 2018 was Ireland, which accounted for 30% of FDIs flows, according to preliminary figures released by the Office des Changes. Thus, out of a total of 34.16 billion Dirhams, Ireland injected in Morocco 9.68 billion Dirhams (+ 6 billion dirhams in one year). France took […]
Morocco has confirmed its position as one of the top performing African economies, topping the Moubarack Lo ranking of emerging countries in 2017. The ranking, published for the second time by the research Group “Institut de l’Emergence”, headed by Senegalese economist and statistics engineer Moubarack Lo, was released on Wednesday in Dakar. Based on the […]
Former Tunisian President, in exile in Saudi Arabia, has pledged his return one day to his country and called on Tunisians to unite in front of the deterioration of the security and economic situation, reports say. This came in a letter published by his to lawyer Mounir Ben Salha. The former President Zine El Abidine […]