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Nigeria, which has partnered with a foreign fintech company, will be a pioneer in Africa, as will its West African neighbor, Ghana, which has been testing its e-Cedi as a new medium of exchange since September. Central banks around the world are exploring ways to create digital versions of their currencies in response to the […]
Moncef Marzouki, a former Tunisian President and active politician, has called on the army and Tunisians to remove President Kais Saied over the current situation that has plunged the North African country in the unknown since July 25. Saied has put in place exceptional measures, including the freeze of the parliament activities and suspension of […]
Head of the RNI party Aziz Akhannouch said his party, the PAM and the Istiqlal agreed to join efforts to form the new government after they emerged as the largest three winners of Sept. 8 elections. The RNI won parliamentary elections with 102 seats followed by PAM with 87 seats and the Istiqlal with 81 […]
Egypt Tuesday expressed its desire to host the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) of the UNFCCC, next year. In a pre-recorded speech played in the World Leaders Summit on Climate Change on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, President al-Sisi said if Egypt hosts the COP 27 in 2022, it would […]
Former Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya will stand before a judge in Zaragoza for her role in violating Spanish and Schengen laws by allowing the entrance of a Polisario leader in secrecy in an attempt to help the Algerian proxy evade Spanish justice. The military officials in charge of allowing flights into the airport […]
Morocco reiterated its call for Libyan parties to hold December 24 elections and maintain the well-functioning of state institutions. The call was reiterated by foreign minister Nasser Bourita who was speaking at a news conference with head of Libya’s higher state council Khaled Mechri. Bourita reaffirmed Morocco’s support for dialogue between Libyan parties in order […]
The Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), which gained 34 of the 395-seat parliament in the elections held Sept.8 in Morocco, has decided to join the parliamentary opposition. The decision was announced Tuesday by the party’s political bureau without giving explanations as the USFP first secretary, Driss Lachgar, has voiced readiness of his political formation […]
A “Pact for the modernization of trade and investment between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco” has been adopted Tuesday by Business Europe, the Moroccan Employers’ Association (CGEM) and EuroCham Morocco. The document calls for a long-overdue modernization of the framework for EU-Morocco trade and investment relations, capable of unlocking the untapped economic […]
Algeria’s former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, passed away last week, leaving his country at the mercy of a military junta that did little to relieve the country from oil and gas curse. Bouteflika took power in 1999 on the back of promises to put an end to a deadly civil war that took the lives of […]
Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita to discuss bilateral relations, regional issues and relations with the European Union, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The announcement was made Tuesday by Spanish news agency EFE. This high-level meeting will be first […]