Algeria braces for austerity amid frail social peace exacerbated by coronavirus

The failure of major oil exporting countries to reach an agreement about a 10 million bpd reduction was received in Algeria as an omen that would further aggravate state finances as it struggles to maintain a social peace based on lavish spending. Algeria saw its reserves shrink from $179 billion in 2014 to less than […]

Morocco’s road to development highlighted by US think-tank

Morocco, unlike many countries in which small elites cling to unwarranted privileges based on the exploitation of rent positions, has chosen the path of more broad-based prosperity, and its political stability, geographically strategic location, and robust infrastructure, have contributed to its emergence as a regional manufacturing and export base for international companies. The remarks came […]

FIFA: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad suspended for 5 years for violating the organization’s Code of Ethics.

While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing […]