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The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Moroccan House of Advisors (Parliament upper house) signed, on Wednesday, the “Laayoune Declaration”, praising the leadership shown by King Mohammed VI in tackling regional challenges. The document was inked by Speaker of the Upper House, Naama Mayara, and Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, […]
The Moroccan Government decided this Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until March 31, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted, this Thursday, February 24, a draft decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, extending the […]
Olfa Hamdi, ex Chief Executive Officer of Tunisia’s national carrier TunisAir, is expected tp launch this Thursday her political party, one year after her sacking. Hamdi named the party La troisième République [The Third Republic] as stated in a Facebook live. Hamdi was appointed CEO of the national carrier on Jan. 07 2021 with the […]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday extended the national emergency with respect to Libya by one year, according to the White House. “The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and measures are needed to protect against the diversion of […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labor immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon and […]
Morocco said that the worst that Libya could face was an institutional void, in a first reaction to the most recent development in the war-torn north African country that could fall into further chaos after the delay of presidential elections. “We always believe that Libyan institutions offer a framework to resolve all Libyan problems and […]
The Casablanca stock exchange has launched a campaign to encourage SMEs to issue initial public offerings to enable them to access equity funding in an economy dominated by bank financing. Head of the Casablanca stock exchange highlighted to the media the attractiveness of the bourse where he said there is a high demand from investors. […]
Morocco’s exports have outperformed the years preceding the pandemic as the kingdom positions itself as the economic engine of the African continent and of the world. Data from the Exchange Office revealed that revenues of exports from the North African country reached MAD327 billion ($34 billion) in 2021, accounting for an increase of 23.4 per […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labour immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $ 65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon […]
The US embassy launched Tuesday a financial support scheme worth $35 million in a favor of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) that have difficult access to loans to grow their activities, Business News reports. The US aid agency, USAID, is partnering with the Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) and US International Development Finance Corporation on […]