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Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of the African Development Bank Group

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was elected this Thursday President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Sidi Ould Tah will succede Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina at the helm of the AfDB. Tah was elected by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or […]

Morocco mourns war hero who spent 25 years in jail on Algerian soil

Known for his patriotism, resilience and bravery, fighter jet pilot Ali Najab has died at the age of 81, leaving a book that recounts the horrors of the proxy war that has been waged by Algeria on Morocco since 1975. Najab spent 25 years in a jail in the Algerian territory administered by the Polisario […]

Morocco’s Youth Turn to Digital Tools to Reshape Political Engagement

Forms of political engagement among Morocco’s youth are shifting toward horizontal, decentralized structures shaped heavily by digital tools, according to the recent reports of Morocco’s Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (CESE). Recent youth mobilizations within student collective and spontaneous movements have relied increasingly on digital platforms such as Discord for organizing, coordinating and voicing demands, […]