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French L’Équipe removes false AFCON story about Morocco without apology

French sports newspaper L’Équipe is under criticism after publishing – then quietly deleting – a false claim about Morocco’s national football team’s historic Africa Cup of Nations performance. The outlet had repeated an allegation that Morocco walked off the pitch during the decisive match of the 1976 AFCON, a claim used online to draw parallels […]

Another Pre-emptive strike spares Morocco “bloodbath”- Security official

A seven-member terrorist cell loyal to IS has been dismantled by Moroccan security forces which acted preemptively, sparing Morocco a “blood bath”, head of Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame said. The cell members were arrested in Tamaris, near Casablanca and in the northern regions of Chefchaouen and Ouazane, on […]

Currency depreciation triggers millionaires’ flights from Africa

Nearly 20,000 millionaires fled Africa in the past decade due to currency depreciations that eroded their wealth, according to Henley and Partners, a global citizenship and residence consultancy. The number of individuals with a wealth of $1 million in Africa dropped 8% to 135,200, while the number of billionaires was limited to 21 with a […]