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President of Moroccan Football Federation Elected Member of CAF Executive Committee

The President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected member of the Executive Committee of CAF, during the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of the continent’s soccer governing body held in the Ethiopian capital. Fouzi Lekjaa toppled incumbent Mohamed Raouraoua, Presi-dent of the Algerian football federation by 41 votes to seven for […]

Egypt: Court Nullifies Transfer of Islands to KSA, Government to Hit back

Egypt’s Highest Administrative Court Tuesday ruled as “unconstitutional” the Government’s April decision to transfer two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia and the cabinet announced that it would appeal the decision. The court indicated that the decision was illegal and violated the Egyptian constitution, ordering that the islands of Tiran and Sanafir should remain part […]

France begins pulling out its troops from Niger after junta’s order

France has begun pulling out its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the military junta that ousted the pro-Paris president in a July coup, the military said Tuesday (10 October). “The first troops have left,” the spokesman of the French chief of staff said, confirming an earlier announcement […]