West Africa electrification

Morocco Adopts Emergency Plan to Reinvigorate Tourism

Morocco’s tourism sector is undergoing a crisis propelled by decreasing tourist arrivals amid a tense regional context marked by the spread of confusions in several European tourist markets on the backdrop of the security situation in North Africa. To boost the Kingdom’s attractiveness to foreign tourists, Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) adopted an emergency plan […]

Algerian fans once again trigger chaos, delay CAF semi-final in Morocco’s Safi

Violent incidents involving supporters of Algeria’s USM Alger (USMA) severely disrupted the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final return leg against Morocco’s Olympique de Safi on April 19, forcing a lengthy delay to kick-off and raising serious security concerns. A Moroccan sports photographer was evacuated from Al Massira Stadium on a stretcher after being struck on the […]

Staff at Cameroon’s branches of Standard Chartered Bank end strike over payment of bonus

Workers at Standard Chartered Bank in Cameroon have ended a several-day strike over the payment of a severance bonus amounting to more than one month’s salary per year of service, with no ceiling, and the payment of a bonus that does not include any discrimination or consideration based on performance and/or quality of service, Journal […]