Election campaigns in Botswana close on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections that may unseat the ruling party of over five decades. About one million voters will be choosing members of the national assembly and local authorities. All eyes will be on the presidency, where incumbent Mokgweetsi Masisi is facing a challenge […]
The first National Conference on Advanced Regionalization held in Agadir Friday and Saturday adopted a set of recommendations, calling, inter-alia for strengthening regions’ capacities in terms of inclusive regional development to reduce territorial disparities. Participants in the conference stressed the need to strengthen territorial planning mechanisms in accordance with the State’s general policy in […]
The resignation of Asma Lamrabet from the league of Moroccan Muslim scholars (Rabita Mohammedia) because of her support for equal inheritance rights between men and women sent shockwaves across the country, causing the debate over gender and inheritance in Morocco to resurface. The current Moroccan inheritance law is based on traditional Islamic jurisprudence of Ta’sib, […]
