Moroccan construction leader SGTM has received approval from the AMMC to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, aiming to raise 5.04 billion dirhams ($545 million). This makes SGTM’s listing the second-largest IPO in the history of the Moroccan bourse, underscoring the growing depth of the local capital market. The subscription […]
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina submitted Wednesday September 6 his candidacy for November 09 presidential elections and will face 27 other candidates, including two former Presidents. The country’s top court, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC), as of Wednesday September 6, the deadline for submitting bids, received 28 candidacies. The court will vet the bids and release candidates […]
Weak states, porous borders and trafficking activities turned the Sahel into a safe heaven for terrorist groups. The terrorist attack on April 14 in Timbuktu by an Al Qaeda offshoot, the Group for the Defense of Islam and the Muslims, came to represent the capacity of the terrorist group to generate and carry out bloody […]
