Morocco & Rwanda sign poultry agreement

Scandals Smear PJD’s Electoral Campaign, Left-Wing Force Winning Momentum

In previous elections, the Justice and Development Party (PJD) has been banking on the integrity and chastity of its members to win votes and enlarge its support base. To the misfortune of the party, the 2016 parliamentary election bodes ill on the backdrop of a series of sex scandals involving senior party leaders. First, two […]

DRC, Uganda in talks over use of crude oil pipeline

Talks are ongoing between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda about possible use of the east African country’s planned controversial pipeline for transporting Uganda’s crude to foreign markets when it begins production in 2025. Uganda is developing the $3.5 billion 1,445-kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will start from oil fields […]

Morocco Launches First Financial Futures Trading, Milestone Derivative in Casablanca Stock Exchange

Bank Al-Maghrib and the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) announced on Monday the start of futures trading in financial instruments with first listing of a standard futures contract on the MASI 20 equity index. A futures market is a regulated financial marketplace where participants buy and sell standardized contracts to deliver commodities or securities at […]