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Morocco’s domestic demand surges 5.8%, driving economic growth

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Morocco’s domestic demand jumped 5.8% in 2024, accelerating from 4.9% in 2023, contributing 6.3 percentage points to GDP growth compared to 5.4 points the previous year, according to provisional national accounts data from the High Commission for Planning (HCP). Household consumption expenditures, including non-profit institutions serving households, increased 3.4%, contributing 2.1 percentage points to economic […]
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Mozambique: insurgency in resource-rich Cabo Delgado fueled by influx of foreign jihadists

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The recent surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has been fueled by an influx of Islamist fighters of different nationalities from other parts of Africa, experts and observers warn. After several months of relative calm, Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado province has been, since the beginning of 2024, […]