The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to keep the pressure on the ruling junta in Mali, where sanctions remain in place, while Guinea and Burkina Faso are threatened with new sanctions. ECOWAS “urges the transitional authorities to enter into a complementary period of 12 to 16 months” before the organization of elections […]
The Moroccan retirement pensions fund, Régime Collectif d’Allocation de Retraite, (RCAR) has acquired 16,229,447 shares of Maroc Telecom, which has floated 8 per cent of the company’s shares. The operation took place on June 17. RCAR with this acquisition has increased its share in the company to 5.81 per cent, the Moroccan Capital Market Authority […]
Moroccan parliamentarian women from all political stripes Monday introduced a request demanding a better representation of women, at least one third of the parliament seats for the coming 2016 legislatives. Women lawmakers from the parties forming the governmental coalition and the opposition met with Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad and Junior Interior Minister Charik Draiss to […]
