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Moroccan 2016 economic growth weakens amid drought

Moroccan government on Monday cut its economic growth forecast for this year to less than 2 percent from 3 percent, as the North African kingdom experiences its worst drought in three decades. Morocco’s economy grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from 2.2 percent in the similar 2014 period thanks to […]

Morocco hosts Pan-African Youth Union headquarters

Pan-African Youth Union (PJU) will have its headquarters in Rabat, under an agreement initialed Thursday between the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid on the one hand, the President of the Union, Aliou Oumarou and the Secretary General of the PJU, Mr. Souleymane Satigui Sidibe, on the other. “The Pan-African youth is […]

CAF president probed for graft in Paris; freed without charge

President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad, was questioned in Paris by French anti-corruption investigators Thursday but was released without charge in the evening.   Ahmad was in France to attend the 69th FIFA Congress which ended on Wednesday. His passport has been handed to him, meaning he is free to travel, […]