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Benchaâboun concerned by financial turbulence at airports due to Covid-19

Marrakech-Menara Airport. © Christophe Petit Tesson/MAXPPP

The minister of the economy, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and with plans to create an entity to manage the state's public holdings, is to launch a major audit to assess the technical and financial management of the kingdom's airports. [...] (275 words)

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