Morocco to face Ghana, Comoros, Gabon at 2020 AFCON in Cameroon

The Atlas Lions of Morocco will play Ghana, Comoros and Gabon for the group matches of the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be played in Cameroon. The African football governing body, CAF, drew the groups Tuesday in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé, one of the five cities to host the various matches of the […]

Morocco Shifts Public Investment Strategy Toward Performance, Regional Equity

Morocco’s government has prioritized public investment performance and its tangible impact on economic growth, job creation, and territorial equity, according to Budget Minister Fouzi Lekjaa. This orientation aligns with royal directives calling for transition from quantitative to qualitative approaches in public investment management. Speaking at the parliament question time, Lekjaa emphasized that sectoral studies demonstrate […]

Tunisia: Powerful UGTT slams government for selling state-run companies in deal with IMF

Noureddine Taboubi, the Secretary General of Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT, Monday laid into the government of President Kais Saied for succumbing to the International Monetary Fund and pledging to relinquish control of some state-run companies, including a bank and a factory. The government “recently made a commitment to the International Monetary Fund to sell […]