Morocco's economic growth is projected to rise from 3% in 2024 to 3.6% in 2025 and 3.4% in 2026, driven by positive outcomes from structural reforms, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported on Friday. Despite a drought impacting agriculture, expansion in manufacturing and construction bolstered the economy in 2024. Core inflation held steady at 2.5% in late 2024. Bank Al-Maghrib, North Africa’s pioneer, reduced the policy rate to 2.75% in mid-2024.
In Nouadhibou, a Mauritanian port city and key migrant departure point, a school for refugee and migrant children seeks to
Jailed Tunisian opposition figures are demanding a public trial, rejecting remote hearings set for March 4, according to AFP. Nearly
Algeria's upper house of parliament has cut ties with the French Senate following a visit by its speaker,
Nael Barghouti, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israel, was deported to Egypt following his release under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
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