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Tunisian moderate Islamist party Ennhadha is on the verge of appointing its leader Rached Ghannouchi as the future Prime Minister following this month legislative elections dominated by the movement, Tunis Webdo reports. The Choura Council of the party deems Ghannouchi fit and suitable for the job. The leader himself however has not expressed any desire […]
Morocco plans to create 150,000 jobs in the next decade out of energy efficiency projects, the finance ministry said in an official document. The strategy provides for including energy efficiency measures in construction, industry, transport, public lighting, agriculture and fisheries, the document showed. It also aims at reducing the energy cost by 250 billion dirhams […]
The Russia-Africa Economic Forum will host a panel discussion themed “Contribution of Nuclear Technologies in the Development of Africa,” organizers of the event announced. Sochi will host the Russia–Africa Economic Forum alongside the Summit on October 23-24. The Forum will be attended by African heads of state, representatives of Russian, African, and international business and […]
The German justice Monday began in Hamburg the trial of three Iraqi men charged of plotting terror attacks against non-Muslim believers. The defendants were arrested in January in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The prosecution charged two of them, both aged 23, for trying to manufacture explosives using black powder from firework. The third, aged […]
Election campaigns in Botswana close on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections that may unseat the ruling party of over five decades. About one million voters will be choosing members of the national assembly and local authorities. All eyes will be on the presidency, where incumbent Mokgweetsi Masisi is facing a challenge […]
The Moroccan embassy said it closed its office in Beirut on the backdrop of continuing mass protests over economic and political problems in Lebanon. The embassy announced its closure on social media after setting up a crisis cell to help Moroccan nationals in Lebanon. Anger at political elites has engulfed Lebanon as hundreds of thousands […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined the crucial role justice plays in improving the investment environment, promoting free enterprise and protecting entrepreneurship, insisting that creating the right conditions for investment requires legal and economic guarantees that ensure confidence in the judicial system and provide full security for investors. This came in a message that King Mohammed […]
Governor of Bank Al-Maghrib Abdellatif Jouahri was named among the top ten central bank governors in the world in 2019 for the third year in a row. Jouahri got an “A”, the maximum grade awarded by New York magazine Global Finance in its ranking “Central Banker Report Cards 2019”, bringing together 94 governors of central […]
Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted. The FATF decided Friday as part of a plenary meeting (October 16-18 in Paris), to delist Tunisia and said the Tunisian government met its commitments to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Chahed further said, according to Tunisian news […]
The World Economic Forum has recently published the 2019 edition of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report. Out of 140 countries, 37 African countries were featured in the report on the basis of 14 indicators divided into 4 categories. While Mauritius tops the ranking at the African level, (52nd globally), recording good performance in terms […]