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Morocco: will the King’s arbitration defuse the governmental crisis?

The Istiqlal Party on Wednesday handed over to King Mohammed VI a memorandum expounding the reasons behind the decision it made last May to withdraw from the coalition government led by the Islamist PJD (Party for Justice and Development). The audience granted by the sovereign to the Istiqlal Party’s Secretary General Hamid Chabat is placed […]

Government, teachers’ unions reach breakthrough agreement

A period of recurrent strikes is about to get wrapped up with a landmark deal between the government and teachers’ main unions providing for wage hikes of up to 1500 dirhams. Teachers led nation-wide strikes this year demanding better wages and more benefits, while urging the government to abstain from applying a new law which […]

Senegal’s Economic Tightrope: New President Faces Fiscal Challenges

Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is walking a financial tightrope. Just five months into the job, he has called for snap elections on November 17, dissolving the opposition-led parliament. But this political shake-up could not come at a trickier time for the economy. The numbers are not looking great. Economic growth has slowed to […]