Equatorial Guinea went to the polls, with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been in power for more than 43 years, all-but certain of winning a record sixth term in what is one of the most authoritarian and enclosed states in the world. The 80-years-old has had the longest tenure of any living head […]
Liberia’s political veteran and former vice-president Joseph Nyumah Boakai was on Monday (21 November) formally declared winner of the 14 November presidential election, defeating incumbent and former international football star George Weah. Boakai won with 50.64% of the vote, against 49.36% of the vote garnered by Weah, with a margin of only 20,567 votes, Davidetta […]
Tourist arrivals in Morocco up to September 2017 have grown 9% compared to the same period last year to stand at 8.28 million tourists, the tourism ministry said. International tourist arrivals rose 13.2% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland jumped 5.2%, the Ministry said in its latest statistics covering the January-September 2017 period. Arrivals […]
