openin g ceremony of 12th African games in Rabat Aug 19 2019

Solidarity tax stirs heated debate at Moroccan parliament

  MPs from the opposition joined their voice to labor unions which lambasted the government for planning to impose a solidarity tax on the salaries of middle class employees. During an examination of the draft budget law in the parliament, MPs deplored that the Middle Class continues to bear the brunt of government policies noting […]

Chief of Morocco’s Business Federation Resigns after being Lambasted over Algeria Remarks

Head of the Moroccan enterprises federation (CGEM) Salaheddine Mezouar submitted his resignation after being criticized by a foreign ministry statement over remarks concerning the unrest in Algeria. Mezouar, who announced his resignation in an e-mail to the CGEM members citing “major personal constraints”, had told an international conference in Marrakech that the military regime in […]

Egypt registers first female coach to train men’s professional soccer team

Former Egyptian female soccer star Faiza Heidar has been tasked to train fourth division side Ideal Goldi, becoming therefore the country’s first female technician to coach a men’s professional team.   The former captain of Egypt’s female national soccer team is the only Egyptian woman to be certified by England’s Premier League to coach across […]