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Just after the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi told Reuters and Bloomberg that Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in 2020 from a previous estimate of f 3.5%, the Ministry of Economy & Finance announced, on Wednesday, the setting-up of an Economic Monitoring Committee that will assess the impact of […]
Morocco’s Health Ministry confirmed this Wednesday afternoon a sixth coronavirus case. The patient is a French woman of Senegalese origin. The 64-year old woman arrived in Fez from France on Thursday, March 5. The woman showed coronavirus symptoms on March 7, the ministry said. Health authorities announced two more cases earlier in […]
Military leaders from the United States, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal will modify the size and scope of African Lion to minimize exposure of participating service members from the US and partner nations to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US Africa Command. “The safety and protection of all of our forces — US and […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday stressed at a meeting with Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar that there is “no military solution” to the Libyan crisis that has become complex following the retired General’s ongoing military offensive to topple UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). During the meeting in Berlin, the German Chancellor stressed that there […]
In Mali, Al Qaeda-linked militants have said they are ready to attend peace talks with Mali’s government, but on condition that it expels foreign troops from the war-torn West African nation. The terror group made its position known in a statement issued on Monday following a decision by Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last […]
Eleven lawmakers have resigned from Heart of Tunisia party, headed by business tycoon Nabil Karoui, citing discontent over lack of governance and management within the second largest power in the Tunisian parliament. Among the disgruntled, Hatem Mliki, a senior member who told local radio Mosaique fm that the dissidents are “unhappy about the decision-making procedure, […]
Nezha Hayat, Chairperson of Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), has been elected Chair of Africa-Middle-East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The IOSCO Regional Committee for Africa and the Middle East brings together the financial market regulators of the region, bearing the mission to examine, exchange information and promote issues […]
Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in 2020 from a previous estimate of 2020, Reuters and Bloomberg reported citing head of the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi. When Morocco put forward a growth estimate of 3.5%, the context was promising with first autumn rain and good prospects for tourism market […]
Two more coronavirus Cases were confirmed on Wednesday by Moroccan Health ministry. The wife and daughter of the infected French tourist also tested positive for COVID-19. They were already quarantined by the Moroccan medical teams within the frame of the prevention measures before the confirmation of their infection with the virus. The French tourist arrived […]
In Ghana and Gabon, public officials and MPs have been temporarily banned from travelling out of their countries in measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to a statement issued by the office of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, only essential and critical trips by public officials would be considered and approved. In Gabon, […]