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Madagascar’s State Inspectorate-General (IGE) Tuesday denounced the embezzlement of around 12.4 million euros (MAG51 billion) of state funds in the public Administration over a period of eight months. Daniel Randrianarivony, the Chief of the IGE made the announcement during the presentation of his organization’s report that audited the public administration from January to August this […]
Nigeriens authorities have suspended transit of oil products to neighboring Mali as diplomatic relations between two countries further go downward. “I have the honor to inform you of the suspension of transit authorizations for petroleum products in Mali not intended for the MINUSMA granted to users,” a circular signed by the Director General of Customs […]
Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has for the first time acknowledged he is “proud” of founding Wagner Group, a private military company, in 2014, staffed by veterans of the country’s armed forces. After previously denying ownership and suing journalists for reporting it, this was Prigozhin’s first public confirmation that he was the man behind the mercenary […]
East African economies will decline this year driven due to political instability, unreliable rainfall and reducing agricultural yields, says the latest Macroeconomic Outlook Report for East Africa published by Deloitte, the world’s largest consulting firm. The report that covered Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda shows that the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been […]
At least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians were missing in Burkina Faso after armed fighters attacked a 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy taking supplies to a northern town, the country’s government has said, condemning the “barbaric, cowardly” attack. The government said the assault took place on Monday (26 September) in Soum province, where armed […]
The 15th outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes to an end as neighboring Uganda races to tackle a virus outbreak of its own, the World Health Organization (WTO) has said. A week after health officials in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola, the highly contagious strain of the deadly […]
The European Union wants to strengthen its “unique and reliable” partnership with Morocco at all levels, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “We want to strengthen the unique and reliable EU-Morocco partnership across the board: Enhanced trade and more cooperation on digital and energy, for example,” Ms. Von der Leyen […]
Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, decided Tuesday to increase its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 2 percent and to continue to monitor closely the economic developments, both nationally and internationally, and in particular, the evolution of inflationary pressures. The decision was made by the Bank’s Board after having analyzed the international economic […]
Morocco’s reputation has remained stable in the course of 2022, registering a slight increase of 0.3 points in its general reputation indicator, standing at 48.6 points on the RepCore scale, which corresponds to a moderate reputation according to the Reputation Lab normative scale. This is what emerges from the report published by the IRES. This […]
At least 520,000 people attended a music festival that run over three days (Sept. 22 – 25) in Rabat, bringing together a constellation of mega music stars, signaling the recovery of Morocco’s artistic scene after a period of cultural lethargy that lasted two years because of Covid-19. The final concert was attended by 200,000 music-lovers […]