Morocco has faced tough economic challenges with COVID taking a toll but government action helped limit the damage as a billionaire gets the nod from King Mohammed VI to serve as his next PM.
Articles tagged: ‘Covid-19’
The new UN Special Envoy to Yemen: what is he facing?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailOn 5 September, Hans Grundberg, the new UN Special Envoy for Yemen will take up his post, after a two-month gap since his predecessor left to become UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs. So what is the state of affairs facing him? What are his prospects of success where his three predecessors failed?
Seeing red in the UAE
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe UAE wants the UK to drop it off the Covid red list but with numbers still rising despite being world leaders in vaccinations they may have to wait a little longer.
Yemen’s flicker of hope
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAn Omani peace initiative and Saudi eagerness to end the war may possibly start Yemen on the road to peace but Emirati ambitions and Houthi gains complicate further an already intensely complex crisis.
UAE diplomats accused in international gold smuggling syndicate
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe UAE is a key hub for gold trading linked to money laundering, organised crime and terrorist financing. The authorities have promised to clean up their act but a court case in India suggests there is still a long way to go.
Algerian election a pointless exercise
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWith a stalled economy, a country under lockdown and much of the old regime still in power, Algeria holds an election that most of its people think is irrelevant.
Tunisia: a crumbling economy and an imperilled democracy
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe country is in desperate need of an IMF bailout but political bickering may stall an urgently needed loan; with Covid surging a new lockdown is in place.
Lebanon: no government and no answers
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailRather than find the truth about the devastating Beirut harbour explosion, the political elite ducks the issue while continuing to squabble over forming a government.
Covid and MENA tourism
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailTourism is a crucial economic sector for MENA that has been ravaged by the Covid pandemic and recovery is still a long way off.
Oman: a Covid surge and other challenges
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe Gulf sultanate of Oman has seen a steady rise in pandemic numbers that, coupled with low oil prices, is presenting significant challenges.