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Morocco plans $4.23 billion airport overhaul over 2025-2030

Morocco will spend 38 billion dirhams, or 4.32 billion dollars, to expand and modernize its airports in anticipation of a growth in tourist arrivals ahead of the 2030 World Cup. The money will be spent on the airports of Casablanca, Marrakesh, Agadir, Tangier, and Fez. The investment is part of a deal between the government […]

Nigeria plans to renovate refineries, cut fuel imports

Nigeria’s state-oil firm NNPC plans to revamp its refineries to help Africa’s biggest crude oil producer to save billions of dollars on fuel imports. Despite controlling the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, Nigeria has only four aging, inefficient state-owned refineries, leaving it almost wholly reliant on imports for its fuel needs. Italy’s Maire Tecnimont won a […]

CAF declares RS Berkane winner, subjects Algeria’s USMA to sanctions

RS Berkane was declared winner of an African Confederation Cup game opposing it to USM Alger although it did not play due to Algerian authorities’ refusal to hand them their jerseys. Algerian customs withheld jerseys because they bore the full map of Morocco including the Saharan provinces. CAF had asked Algerian football federation to make […]