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  • Sino-Maghreb Relations: Past, Present, and Future

    Over the past years, China has been increasing its presence and engagement with the Arab world. Presenting itself as a more reliable partner than the US and Europe, Chinese officials have been working diligently to further develop political ties with various Arab capitals, as well as expand commercial opportunities. North Africa has been another key region for Chinese engagement. In addition to Egypt, the strategic Maghreb region has been a key target for Chinese diplomacy and investments.

    Read more from the source : The Hollings Center for International Dialogue

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Maghreb, China,

  • Morocco's Revised Budget Reflects Severe Hit From Pandemic

    Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong-20 July 2020: Morocco’s (BBB-/Negative) recent supplementary budget for 2020 foresees the largest fiscal deficit and GDP contraction in decades, Fitch Ratings says. This is broadly in line with our expectation of…

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    Tags : Morocco, budget, pandemic,

  • Mauritania: The Constitutional Council has a new seat

    The President of the Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani inaugurated on Thursday August 13, 2002, the new seat of the Constitutional Council located, at a location, between the Ministry of Justice and that of the…

    Read more from the source : Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa

     

     

     

    Tags : Mauritania, Consitutional Council,

  • Mauritania: A racial pyramid seemingly resistant to change

    In ethnically diverse Mauritania, the government appears to have turned deaf ears to the demands of the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, continuing policies which reproduce systemic anti-Black racism. As the world continues to…

    Read more from the source : Global Voices

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Mauritania, racism,

  • Mauritania: Getting Eyes on the Virus

    In an outbreak of infectious disease, speed of response is crucial—every day of delay allows the virus to spread further. But you can’t react effectively to a virus if you can’t detect it. The discovery of Mauritania’s first COVID-19 case was…

    Read more from the source : Prevent epidemics

     

     

     

    Tags : Mauritania, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic,

  • UNHCR helps re-open health centre during lockdown in Libya

    New parents, Alhadi, a refugee from Sudan, and his Somali wife, Umalkeyr, sit cradling their 20-day-old son in a blanket as they wait to see a doctor. The young couple have come to get medical care for baby Ayman, who has a persistent gastric problem. Libya is still grappling with …

    Read more from the source : UgandaNews.net

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Libya, lockdown, UNHCR,

  • Morocco suffers from scarce water resources and increasing water demand.

    Like its neighboring countries in the region, Morocco is faced with the challenge of sustainably developing and managing its water resources. With its growing population, rapid urbanization, and developing economy – including industrial growth in the mining and agricultural sectors, both heavy water users – mitigating Morocco’s water scarcity is a national priority. The growing uncertainty of such a critical resource is becoming an additional source of tension and potential instability both in Morocco and across the region.

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    Tags : Morocco, water, 

  • Explaining the conflict in Libya

    What is the best way to describe the conflict in Libya? Is it a civil war between competing factions? Or has the conflict in fact morphed into a proxy war where there are several competing agendas at work? We all know the sordid history that has taken place in the country since the ouster of Qadaffi…

    Read more from the source : Maghreb & Orient Courier

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Libya, proxy war, Gaddafi,

  • EBRD approves membership of Algeria

    The shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have approved an application by Algeria to become a member of the multilateral financial institution. The Algerian authorities made a request…

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    Tags : Algeria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD,

  • Telephone spying by Morocco?: Amnesty International's amateurism exposed

    Having accused the Moroccan government of spying on a journalist, one Omar Radi, Amnesty International (AI) continues to beat about the bush when it comes to continued requests to provide evidence. Instead the organisation issues blithe and biased reminders of past human…

    Read more from the source : EU Today

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Morocco, Amnesty International, Omar Radi, spying,