RNI leader Aziz akhannouch

FIFA to pay Moroccan clubs $1.43 million in World Cup benefits

FIFA said it would pay Casablanca’s rivals Wydad and Raja $1.43 million as part of its Clubs Benefits Program, consisting in sharing the financial returns of the Qatar World Cup. The two Moroccan teams are part of 440 clubs from 51 member associations that will benefit from the Program, known by its acronym CBP, by […]

Africa’s free trade zone kicks-off

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the African Union’s flagship project for the continent’s economic integration, came into effect on Thursday with the aim of increasing intra-African trade by 60% before 2022, announced the AU. The African Union (AU) hopes the agreement will create a continental $2.5 trillion market of 1.2 billion people and […]

Burkina Faso to send troops to Niger to prop up junta in event of aggression

The government of Burkina Faso has green-lighted plans to send military troops to Niger to back the junta in power in case of foreign aggression as possible military intervention of regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) looms. A Cabinet statement late Wednesday August 30, Anadolu news agency reports, said the government was […]