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FIFA Endorses Morocco’s Youth Football Training Program as a Model for Africa

FIFA has expressed strong admiration for Morocco’s national youth talent development program and is considering adopting it as a training model for other African countries, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced. The endorsement follows two working visits by FIFA delegations to evaluate the program’s structure and results firsthand. During their visits, FIFA representatives toured […]

Tunisia: Hunger strikes, fast-tracked trials signal deepening repression under Saied

Tunisia is witnessing a troubling escalation in authoritarian practices, marked by hunger strikes, expedited trials, and a crackdown on civil society, according to repeated alerts from human rights organizations and independent media. Despite mounting concerns, President Kaïs Saïed’s administration appears increasingly unresponsive to criticism, deepening fears of democratic backsliding. The suspension of the Tunis office […]

Chatham House Expects 2018 to be a Year of ‘Civil Unrest’ for MENA Region

The worsening economic conditions and the lack of structural reforms to improve the living standards of the population is auguring ill for the MENA region, which should brace for a surge of civil unrest in 2018 says an analysis published on the website of the UK’s leading Think Thank, Chatham House. The analysis, signed by […]