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• Morocco Leads African Nations in German Citizenship Acquisitions, Ranking 13th Overall
  22 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  In total, 11,090 Africans were naturalized in Germany in 2020 out of 109,880 foreign nationals residing in the country, reveals the Federal Statistical Office, Destatis. Among them, 2,320 Moroccans. The latter are moreover the only Africans to appear in the top 25 of naturalizations and occupy the 13th position.
  In total, 28,305 nationals of European Union member countries and 30,385 non-EU Europeans acquired German nationality last year. There are 11,630 Turkish nationals, 4,930 British, (…)

• Egypt Leads North Africa in Hotel Development, Report Shows
  10 April, by Sylvanus

  In terms of hotel development on the African continent, Egypt is far ahead of Morocco and Tunisia. This is the finding of a consulting firm’s ranking.
  The Lagos-based consulting firm W Hospitality Group has released its report titled "African Hotel Chain Development Pipeline" based on responses from 50 global and regional (African) hotel chains. It shows that 577 hotels and hotel complexes, totaling 104,444 rooms, are under development, an increase of 13.3% compared to 2024. Similarly, (…)

• Morocco Remains Top Importer of Tunisian Dates Amid Local Concerns
  25 February, by Sylvanus

  While Moroccan producers are concerned about the "unfair competition" of imported products from several Arab countries, Morocco once again maintains its position as the leading importer of Tunisian dates.
  According to the Tunisian National Observatory of Agriculture, Tunisian date exports during the first four months of the 2024-2025 season reached around 73.3 thousand tons, for a value of 479.6 million Tunisian dinars. These exports recorded an increase of 4.3% in volume and 6.9% in (…)

• French Expats in Morocco Denounce Visa Restrictions for North Africans
  29 September 2021, by Sylvanus

  The decision by France to reduce by 50% the granting of visas for Moroccans and Algerians and by 30% for Tunisians is provoking a reaction from the Moroccan branch of the National Office of French Abroad. It denounces this project and calls for its outright withdrawal.
  The association "Français du Monde-Adfe Maroc" issued a press release to express its feelings following the French decision. "We, elected officials, advisers to the French abroad and members of the steering committee of the (…)

• Morocco Imposes Trade Restrictions on Tunisia and Egypt to Protect Local Industries
  11 January 2022, by Prince

  After Turkey, Morocco, determined to ensure compliance with the Free Trade Agreements with its partners, has just established negative lists with Tunisia and Egypt, temporarily excluding certain products from the tariff dismantling applied with these countries and subjecting others to a single tax of 17.5%.
  These measures aim not only to rebalance the trade balance with Egypt and Tunisia, but also and above all to protect local production against the import of certain products in key (…)

• Tunisian Rapper Balti Denies Polisario Support at Mawazine Festival Press Conference
  28 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  Tunisian rapper Balti denies his support for the Polisario during a press conference on the sidelines of his participation in the 19th edition of the Mawazine Rythmes du Monde Festival, which will take place from June 21 to 29, 2024 in Rabat and Salé.
  Regarding the Sahara issue, Balti assures that he has never supported the Polisario to the detriment of Morocco. According to his explanations, his alleged affront to Morocco came from a fictitious account and had nothing to do with the (…)

• Tunisia Strike Disrupts Air Travel: Royal Air Maroc Cancels Flights to Casablanca
  17 January 2019, by Said

  The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) cancelled four scheduled flights between Casablanca and Tunis on Thursday, January 17 "due to disruptions in traffic at Tunis-Carthage airport because of the general strike in Tunisia".
  "Due to disruptions in traffic at Tunis-Carthage airport because of the general strike in Tunisia, Royal Air Maroc has been forced to cancel the four flights scheduled for Thursday, January 17 connecting Casablanca to Tunis (in both directions), namely AT570, AT571, AT572 (…)

• Tunisia Secures Tuition Fee Exemption for Students in France, Morocco Awaits Decision
  21 February 2019, by Said

  Tunisian students will be exempted from tuition fees imposed by France from the next academic year, the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Slim Khalbous has just announced. When will the same decision be made for Moroccan students?
  "We have requested a significant exemption for Tunisian students studying in France," the minister said, adding that his department has been able to obtain "an exemption each year for enrollment in master’s and doctoral programs, as (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Algeria After Smoke Detected
  22 February 2019, by Said

  While it was supposed to land around 10:30 a.m. at Tunis airport, a plane from the Moroccan company Royal Air Maroc, coming from Casablanca, was forced to make an emergency landing in Algiers.
  The details are to be taken with caution as they are given, with photos, by a man who claims to be a passenger on the plane. "After 1.5 hours of flight, thick white smoke comes out of the air vents with a strong smell of burning," he writes on Facebook.
  According to this passenger, "the pilot (…)

• Tunisia Challenges Morocco’s Notebook Tariffs in WTO Trade Dispute
  1 March 2019, by Said

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally been seized by Tunisia following Morocco’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of notebooks from Tunisia.
  This request was submitted last Wednesday to the WTO members, report several local media. Tunisia believes that Morocco has not acted in accordance with the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), signed in Marrakech in 1994.
  Last December, the Tunisian Minister of Commerce had (…)