When you lack achievements at home, you celebrate your neighbor’s failures. Nothing captures the state-sponsored reaction to Morocco’s AFCON final defeat better than this saying. As Senegal lifted the trophy after a controversial match, thousands of Algerians, mostly young people, poured into the streets, honking car horns, lighting fireworks, and rejoicing as if their own […]
Maroc Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in Morocco, held its General Assembly on Tuesday (April 22) to officially celebrate the entry of the new majority shareholder, the UAE Etisalat, which acquired 53% of the company’s capital, previously held by Vivendi. Etisalat reached the € 4.2 billion deal with Vivendi in November last year after months-long […]
Six African countries remain on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring following the watchdog’s latest update, highlighting continued weaknesses in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing. The global body, which oversees efforts to combat illicit financial flows, kept Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and South […]
