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Morocco-Portugal: Joint Business Council set up to enhance further “win-win” partnership

Moroccan and Portuguese business communities have agreed to set up a joint economic council to give a new impetus to bilateral trade, partnership and investment.   The agreement was inked Monday in Casablanca by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union Chakib Alj, Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization Eurico Brilhante Dias and vice-President of the […]

Madagascar: Top Court postpones first round of presidential polls to Nov. 16

Madagascar’s top Court, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC), has pushed to Nov. 16 the first round of presidential elections initially slated for Nov. 09. The Court made the decision Thursday October 12, two days after the electoral campaign kicked off. The institution argued that the move came “by virtue of its regulatory power”, in response to […]

Senegal: Controversy after purchase of a new presidential plane

The purchase of a new presidential plane, an Airbus “A320 Neo”, which should be delivered on July 16, is not going unnoticed. The opposition and civil society stepped up to decry an unnecessary and irrelevant expense and demand accountability, while the government is trying to explain itself, saying “it was time to replace the A319 […]