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Taxing times: How inflation and heavy taxation are squeezing Morocco
Morocco’s economic strategy has long been admired as a model for North Africa, with the kingdom positioning itself as
Tunisia's parliament approved a law on Friday that strips a top court of its power to rule on election-related disputes, a move decried by protesters as anti-democratic just days before a presidential ballot. The judicial shift comes after Tunisia's administrative court in August
overturned decisions barring three presidential hopefuls from running in the October 6 election – a ruling later ignored by the country's electoral board, ISIE.
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