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Egypt: Jail sentence against Zamalek Club Chief Mortada Mansour upheld

An Egyptian court upheld a one-month jail sentence and a one-year suspended sentence against Al-Zamalek football club’s controversial president Mortada Mansour, after he was found guilty of defamation against his Al-Ahly counterpart Mahmoud El-Khateeb. The ruling came Saturday after the court had rejected two appeals filed by Mansour against the two sentences, state-run news outlet […]

Moody’s underscores Morocco’s resilience to domestic and external shocks

Credit rating agency, Moody’s, highlighted Morocco’s resilience to domestic and external shocks despite coronavirus propelling fewer tourists and exports which it said will be offset by lower energy imports. It maintained Morocco’s credit profile at Ba1 stable reflecting “demonstrated resilience to domestic and external shocks,” and buoyed by access to relatively deep domestic capital markets. […]

Polisario’s provocations in Guerguarat mirror unraveling separatist edifice- Polisario founder

The repetitive acts of banditry on the Guerguarat road in recent years mirror widening cracks within the Polisario edifice amid a growing dissent among a disenchanted youth whose ambitions to a dignified life are held hostage by a cold-war minded leadership controlled by Algiers, said Bachir Dkhil a founder of the Polisario front. In multiple […]