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Morocco tourism surges 19% in first half of 2025
Morocco welcomed 8.9 million tourists in the first half of 2025, a 19% year-on-year increase, according to Morocco World
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Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was handed a 20-month prison term for charges related to forging voter endorsements Wednesday but will still stand in next month's election, his lawyer told AFP.
Zammel, a former lawmaker and head of a small liberal party, is one of only
two candidates approved by Tunisia's electoral authority ISIE to challenge
President Kais Saied in the October 6 poll.
One of Zammel's lawyers, Abdessatar Messaoudi, said the defence team "will
appeal".
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