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Remittance flows to Morocco increased by 40 pc in 2021, reaching $10.4 billion, says the World Bank in its latest “Migration & Development Brief”. With such performance, Morocco becomes the second-largest recipient of remittances in the Middle-East and North Africa region. Indicators for early 2022 suggest a continuation of buoyancy in receipts, says the WB […]
Tunisia’s Justice Ministry has commissioned an investigation into causes of a gas explosion at the house of Interior Minister Taoufik Charefeddine, Webdo Tunis reports. An explosion rocked the Minister’s house on Monday. The authorities blamed gas leak as cause of the blast. The explosion took place in the kitchen, the interior ministry said in a […]
The UN Industrial Development Organization has pledged to support Morocco’s energy transition from fossil fuels to clean-renewable energy sources in an effort to reduce CO2 emissions, whilst remaining competitive in global market. The pledge was made by Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Gerd Muller, who is paying this May 15-19 […]
Morocco is celebrating this May 16 the 66th anniversary of the creation of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), an opportunity to pay tribute to the elements of this body which continue to show, on a daily basis, a high sense of commitment and a spirit of sacrifice at the service of the country […]
Morocco expects its cereals output to shrink by 70% to 3.2 million tons due to late and unevenly distributed rainfall, putting a strain on the country as it seeks to build stockpiles amid a surge in prices in the international market. The government subsidies soft wheat, the main staple in the country of about […]
Morocco is undertaking a charm offensive to win support for its bid to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency, an institution that aims at enhancing regulatory oversight and facilitating access to safe and affordable medicines across the continent. Morocco has already won the support of many African countries for its bid. Recently the […]
Algeria, the country from which terrorism sprouted to plague the whole Sahel and beyond, has issued a statement opposing a ministerial meeting in Marrakech of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The reason was that the closing statement warned of the dangers of the collusion between separatists- which Algeria supports- and terrorist groups. In a […]
Mali announced on Sunday evening its withdrawal from the G5 Sahel and its anti-terrorism military force to protest for having been denied the presidency of this regional organization formed with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger. “The government of Mali decides to withdraw from all organs and bodies of the G5 Sahel, including the Joint […]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud returns to the helm of Somalia after he was elected as president for the second time on Sunday, at a time the Horn of Africa country faces an Islamist insurgency and looming famine. After a marathon vote to decide between 36 candidates, broadcast on national television, parliamentary officials counted more than 165 […]
Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of the Tunisian dissolved legislature and leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha has told BBC that his movement’s greatest political mistake is backing incumbent President Kais Saied for his election in 2019 during the snap presidential elections in the wake of the demise of former leader Caid Essebsi. “Political action was human […]