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As many Western societies are going paperless and cashless, several central banks across the world started testing digital money to assess the risks and benefits of cryptocurrency, a global market spurred by Covid-19 restrictions in emerging economies particularly in Africa and Asia. Sensing the growing importance of decentralized digital currency with the evolution of Information […]
The Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi Wednesday named the country’s first coptic christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court, the highest judicial body. The Egyptian leader picked Judge Boulos Fahmy, 65, from the five oldest of the court’s 15 sitting judges, as required by law, and is the 19th judge to preside over the court since […]
Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah Wednesday escaped an alleged attempt assassination after gun shots were fired at his car in capital Tripoli, reports say. A source close to Dbeibah who asked not to be named, told Al Wasat news outlet, the Prime Minister had been returning home when shots were fired from another vehicle that […]
The European Union will invest €1.6 billion in Morocco to promote the green and digital transition. This investment is part of the new European strategy, called Global Gateway, launched last December. The European Union will invest €1.6 billion (more than 17 billion dirhams) in Morocco. The announcement was made this Wednesday, February 9, 2022, by […]
President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine has commended Morocco’s role and “honorable” history in supporting the Palestinian cause and serving peace issues worldwide, under the wise leadership of King Mohammed VI, and his predecessors, the late Mohammed V and the late Hassan II. President Abbas who made the remarks while receiving in Ramallah, on Wednesday, Morocco’s […]
The Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) is due next August 27-28 in Tunisia, announced the Japanese Foreign ministry in a press release. The format of the meeting will be determined in due course while taking into account a number of factors, such as the COVID-19 situation, the press release said, adding that […]
European Union Commission President, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, has voiced the Union’s determination to strengthen further its relations with Morocco, EU’s major partner and friend in the region. The EU Chief made the remarks on Tuesday in Rabat wherein she conferred separately with the Head of Govt. Aziz Akhannouch and Foreign minister Nasser Bourita […]
Morocco outperformed other emerging African markets in terms of logistics and supply chains in the annual Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index. The Index ranks countries for overall competitiveness based on their logistics strengths, business climates and, for the first time, their digital readiness. It also takes into account factors that make markets attractive to logistics […]
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has retained the charges of “complicity in war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” against former Chief of Algerian army and ex- Defence minister, General Khaled Nezzar. The OAG accuses Gen. Nezzar, who was arrested in Geneva in 2011, of war crimes and crimes against humanity. These serious […]
Dissolving the Tunisian body that deals with judicial independence, known as the High Judicial Council, is a “clear violation” of the country’s obligations under international human rights law, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Tuesday. Tunisian President Kais Saied announced his decision to dissolve the Council on Sunday, saying “the judicial council belongs […]