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Morocco
Economy - Development

Morocco expects 5.3% economic growth in 2009

afrol News - Morocco has announced an economic growth forecast of 5.3 percent in 2009 and another 2.4 percent for 2010, though saying the figures would also depend on the results of the agricultural season in 2009.

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Algeria
Society | Politics | Human rights

Algerian police killed in an ambush

afrol News - At least 24 policemen have been killed by Islamist militants during an ambush near Mansoura, east of the capital, Algiers yesterday.

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Tunisia | World
Politics | Society | Human rights

Tunisia dismiss fears of inmates’ mistreatment

afrol News - The Tunisian authorities have condemned reported alleged fears that the country would mistreat Tunisian nationals transferred from Guantanamo prison back to the country.

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Western Sahara
Politics | Human rights | Society

Call for release Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco

afrol News - The Spanish Human rights organisation has called for the release of Yahya Mohamed Alhafed Iaaza, and other Sahrawi political prisoners who are still in the Moroccan prisons. Mr Iaaza is serving a 15 years imprisonment sentence in the prison of Ait Melloul in Morocco.

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Tunisia
Economy - Development | Politics | Labour

Tunisia tops competitive rank in Africa

afrol News - Tunisia tops the competitiveness index in Africa according to the 2009 World Economic Forum report published in Cape Town, South Africa, by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank and the Global Economic Forum on competitiveness of the continent.

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Egypt | South Africa
Society

South Africa and Egypt lead the traffic accidents in Africa

afrol News - South Africa and Egypt have recorded more deaths on the roads in Africa, the global study on road safety, by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed.

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Tunisia | World
Politics | Economy - Development

Tunisia sign currency guarantee agreement with WB

afrol News - The Tunisian government has signed an expanded ISDA Master Agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), of the World Bank as a market intermediary to manage the currency and interest rate exposure of debt owed to creditors other than the World Bank.

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Egypt
Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society

Egypt has enough wheat reserves, govt

afrol News - The Egyptian authorities have said the country has enough wheat reserves to last for more than six months, local media has reported.

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Morocco
Economy - Development | Society

Morocco invests $37.3 million in tourism

afrol News - The Moroccan government has set aside $37.3 million to reduce the impact of global economic crisis on the country’s tourism sector.

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Western Sahara
Politics | Society

Western Sahara seeks UN intervention on Morocco’s elections

afrol News - President of the Western Sahara, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has pleaded with the UN Secretary General to urge Morocco to back down on its plan of organising elections in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

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