Briefs Bound

By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in the Indian Ocean opened the election cycle on 14 January, with autocratic figure Azali Assoumani “re-elected” for a third term, presumably winning 63%...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso share a common border.  GPS coordinates [14.9143, 0.2424] are where the three countries meet, and this is an area where terrorism and instability reign supreme. Insurgent groups have proliferated, attacking on one side of the border(s),...

Morocco is overhauling its taxation system to generate more revenue from online services, in particular the ones focused on foreign-operated services.  The new provisions of the Finance Bill for the 2024 fiscal year introduce tax payments from international companies...