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South Africa’s economic growth will accelerate to 1.3 percent in 2019 from an estimated 0.9 pct in 2018, the World Bank said on Tuesday citing the implementation of structural reforms announced last year. The World Bank projects South Africa’s economic growth at 1.7% in 2020, and 1.8% in 2021. Economic growth would be supported by […]
An Air Force F1 mirage, on a training mission, crashed Monday near Taounate, in Northern morocco. The pilot succeeded to eject safely from the aircraft. On a training mission, the F-1 fighter of the Royal Air Force crashed, following a technical breakdown, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) said in a […]
French carmaker Renault topped the podium of car sales in Morocco with a market share of 42% in 2018, that is 75.418 cars. A report by Renault said that Morocco remains the main market for the group where it has production plants in Tangier and Casablanca. Last October, Renault said it will bring up its […]
Morocco was distinguished as the second best performing African country for the quality of its sustainable management of ocean resources, the US-based National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) said in a recent report. Morocco came after Seychelles and was followed by Egypt in the Ocean Health Index issued by the NCEAS while Democratic […]
Morocco’s fisheries output stood at 1.31 million tons in 2018, unchanged from 2017 levels, the national fisheries office (ONP) said. The value of the 2018 catch is estimated at 7.3 billion dirhams the ONP said, noting that most of the catch took place on the Atlantic coast with 1.28 million tons with the rest on […]
Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]
Egypt plans to upgrade six oil refineries to increase local production of refined products, Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla, said during a conference in Cairo Sunday. The refineries refurbishment to be conducted over four years will cost about $9 billion, the official said, adding that Egypt is trying to secure crude oil supplies for Egyptian […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno at the presidential palace in N’djamena on Sunday, during a visit his office described as a “historic breakthrough”. According to Netanyahu, the visit to a very large Muslim country with borders with Libya and Sudan is part of the revolution “we are leading […]
US Africa Command, which oversees US military operations on the continent, last weekend said an airstrike near Jilib, Middle Juba Region of Somalia, killed more than 52 militants of al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, al-Shabaab. The airstrike was conducted “in response to an attack by a large group of al-Shabaab militants against Somali National Army Forces” […]
The constitutional court of the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the victory of Felix Tshisekedi in the presidential election, while dismissing a challenge from opposition leader Martin Fayulu. The Court “proclaims by a simple majority Félix Tshilombo Tshisekedi President-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo”, said the institution’s President, Benoît Lwambwa Bindu. Martin Fayulu […]