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Morocco’s growth is expected to reach 5.3% in 2021, and to consolidate to 3.3% in 2022, according to the Kingdom’s Central Bank (BAM). “Growth would reach 5.3 percent this year, driven by a 3.6 percent increase in the value added of non-agricultural activities and a 17.6 percent rebound in the agricultural sector”, the bank […]
The June 12 parliamentary election held in Algeria was supposed to rescue the regime from its crisis of legitimacy, but instead it reinforced its lack of legitimacy with the return of discredited political parties that had strongly supported former Pdt. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019, says the Washington-based Middle East Institute (MEI). In an analysis […]
Morocco’s central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said that defending Morocco’s territorial integrity and supreme national interests takes primacy whatever the cost. Answering a question about the recent spat with Spain, Jouahri was clear-cut saying that Morocco’s response was not dictated by economic calculations but rather by the quest to safeguard the nation’s supreme interest. Morocco […]
Money sent home by Moroccans living abroad represented 20% of overall foreign exchange reserves held by Morocco, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said. Despite the pandemic, remittances proved resilience and showed the values of solidarities held dear by Moroccans. Total remittances stood at 7.4 billion dirhams in 2020, up from 6.9 billion […]
Several Algerian and international NGOs have decried, at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council currently held in Geneva, the “massive and flagrant violations of fundamental freedoms” in Algeria. In this connection, Swiss NGO, “Promotion of Economic & Social Development” submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and specialized […]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Sunday slammed calls for his resignation amid cold war with President Kais Saied, adding that he is “responsible for salvaging a country gripped by political and economic woes.” “My resignation? It is out of the question, I will not resign, I am responsible, those who know me know it well,” […]
The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, this Tuesday morning, an ISIS-linked terror cell in the rural commune of Sidi Zouine (Marrakech-Safi region) made up of four extremists aged between 22 and 28. This security operation is part of the ongoing efforts in the fight against terrorism and extremist groups that seek to undermine […]
The UN Refugee Agency has praised the “inclusive and human-based” strategy adopted by Morocco in 2013 for refugees and asylum seekers, saying that the implementation of this strategy has enabled the North African Kingdom to set the example in addressing this challenging issue. Speaking during the presentation ceremony of UNHCR annual global report 2020 released […]
Morocco aims to increase non-phosphate mining revenue to 1.6 billion from 730 million dollars in 2020, the energy and mining ministry said in its newly unveiled 2025-2030 development plan. The plan also provides for raising investments in prospection and research to 450 million dirhams, the ministry said. The mining sector contributes by up to 10% […]
Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Hafter closed the Essen border crossing with Algeria whose president threatened to send forces to Tripoli. Haftar’s military build-up near the Algerian borders was interpreted as a response to Algeria’s President Abdelmedjid Tebboune who told Al Jazeera recently that his country was ready to send troops to prevent […]