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AfDB highlights success of Moroccan Green Plan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has highlighted, in a research study, the key factors of the success of the Moroccan Green Plan (PVM) and the lessons to be drawn from this strategy.   These key factors include the institutional environment and legal reforms that have attracted the private sector, as well as the experience of […]

Algeria: Abdelmadjid Tebboune wins presidential election

Algeria’s former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune had won Thursday’s presidential election. He secured 58% of the vote, enough to forego a second round, the electoral body said. The final voter turnout was 40%, the electoral body’s head said in a televised news conference in Algiers. Tebboune, who served as housing minister under Bouteflika and briefly […]

Egypt’s El-Hadary hangs up his gloves at 45

Egypt’s record-breaking goalkeeper and oldest player, Essam El-Hadary has retired from internationals. The veteran goalkeeper, 45, earned his place in history during Egypt’s 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia, where he became the oldest man to play at a World Cup this summer. Essam El-Hadary overtook Colombia’s Faryd Mondragn, who played the last five minutes of […]