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Women’s Futsal AFCON 2025: Moroccan team crowned Africa’s champions, King applauds their brilliant performance

The Moroccan women’s futsal team won the trophy of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON Morocco-2025) after they defeated their Tanzanian counterpart 3–2 in the final held Wednesday evening at the indoor arena of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat. King Mohammed VI congratulated the team for their “brilliant victory” in the Futsal […]

Burkinabe junta leader prioritizes security over elections, plans constitutional changes

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, who came to power in a 2022 coup, has said that elections in the country are “not a priority” compared to “security,” despite the military leadership’s earlier pledges to return to democracy with presidential elections by July 2024. “It’s not a priority, I’ll tell you that clearly, it’s […]

COM2023: Morocco calls for refocusing spending on better forms of social protection, income support

Morocco called, Monday in Addis Ababa before the 55th session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2023), for refocusing spending on better targeted forms of social protection alongside income support. The Kingdom also pleaded for adequate political and technical support to initiatives aimed at facilitating cash transfers, such as […]