In remarks made on Wednesday, Morocco’s Minister of Industry Ryad Mezzour said industrial exports had reached $43.8 billion in 2024, equivalent to 88% of the country’s total exports. In the same presentation, as reported by Moroccan media, foreign direct investment targeting the industrial sector has tripled over the last decade, with the Minister noting “growing confidence of international investors in the Moroccan economy and its status as a prime investment destination.”
Tunisia has sentenced opposition figure Abir Moussi to two additional years in prison for criticising the electoral commission, Reuters reports
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Niger’s July 2023 coup was followed by an immediate closure of its border with Benin. Two years on, the
AFRICOM chief General Michael Langley has said that, for the time being, it is unlikely to relocate AFRICOM’s headquarters
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