Abdallah Morsi

Rabat hosts CAF Executive Committee meeting on Friday

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will meet in Rabat on Friday ahead of the final of the U-23 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), the continent’s football governing body announced on Wednesday. The meeting, to be chaired by CAF President Patrice Motsepe, will focus on the bidding process currently underway for […]

Morocco overhauls microfinance regulations with expanded credit limits

Morocco’s microfinance sector faces significant transformation as proposed regulations dramatically increase lending limits and introduce new deposit frameworks, positioning microfinance institutions as crucial intermediaries for small business financing. The draft decree, implementing Law 50-20 on microfinance, establishes differentiated credit ceilings based on institutional structure and client profiles. For associative microfinance institutions serving low-income populations, limits […]

ISIS sets price for child slave, UN official confirms

UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Tuesday she saw a ‘price list’ for child slaves in the hands of ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq. Claims that ISIS fighters have been circulating a price list of child slaves have been confirmed as genuine by Zainab Bangura, who visited […]