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Governance Weekend: King Mohammed VI calls for South-South Cooperation to Mainstream Good Governance in Africa

King Mohammed VI stressed the need for a south-south cooperation approach in Africa to mainstream good governance at the institutional, economic and societal level as a bulwark against “afro-pessimism”. The call was made in a speech read out on the Monarch’s behalf by Royal Advisor André Azoulay at the Governance Weekend held in Marrakech by […]

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No laureate for Mo Ibrahim Prize for second year in a row

The Mo Ibrahim foundation announced Tuesday it will not award the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership this year for lack of qualified candidate, making it the second year in a row that no laureate won the prestigious prize created by the British-Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim. The decision came following a meeting of […]

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Marrakech to Host “Governance Weekend” in November

Just after the holding of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP22) slated from November 7 to 18, the city of Marrakesh will host the “Governance Weekend,” considered the largest event on governance, reported huffpostmaghreb. The event is organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, named after the 70-year old Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist who also […]