Morocco’s BCP bank started talks with French BCPE bank to buy major stakes in four of its African banks. BCP said in a statement it aims at acquiring BPCE’s controlling stakes in Cameroon, Madagascar, Congo and Tunisia. The French bank owns 68.5% of Banque Internationale du Cameroun pour l’Épargne et le Crédit (BICEC); 71% of […]
A coalition of Moroccan diaspora organizations in Italy has issued a scathing denunciation of what they describe as the political exploitation of children from the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria. Under the misleading banner of a “peace vacation,” over 60 minors were brought to Italy this summer, allegedly to escape hardship, only to be indoctrinated […]
The world football governing body is in advanced discussions for installing the headquarters of the 2030 World Cup in the Moroccan capital Rabat, according to British “City AM” business news platform. The FIFA world Cup 2030 will be co-hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal, with the opening three games to be held in Paraguay, Argentina […]
