By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lavieeco
The National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Istiqlal Party, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) have drawn up programmes for Morocco’s legislative elections on 23 September. La Vie éco provides an institutional, economic and social analysis.
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Morocco's legislative elections, the Istiqlal campaign and negotiations lead to the formation of a government.
23 OctRoyal dahir formalises El Mansouri government in Morocco
22 OctMorocco’s House of Representatives adopts government programme
22 OctMoroccan Parliament invests El Mansouri government by 204 votesAfter Morocco’s 23 September 2026 parliamentary elections, the Authenticity and Modernity Party formed a 207-seat majority out of 395 with three allies. The analysis compares this coalition mechanism with government appointment rules in Algeria and Tunisia, according to Maghrebemergent.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Maghrebemergent ·
Morocco's 2026-2031 government programme notably adopts commitments from the Authenticity and Modernity Party, including monthly compensation of up to 100 dirhams for eligible households' electricity bills and a minimum pension of 3,000 dirhams. Le Matin compared the measures presented to Parliament with the governing parties' programmes, identifying commitments retained and those dropped in the name of realism and budget sustainability.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Le Matin ·
Between 16 August and 15 October, 4,162 migrants reached the Canary Islands by sea, while the average daily rate rose from 21 to 68. Twenty-five of the 49 boats arriving since 14 September, carrying 1,561 migrants, departed from Moroccan ports, according to Spanish Interior Ministry data reported by Yabiladi.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
The two youth branches of the Social Renewal Party have proclaimed their reunification and created a joint commission in Bissau. The body is to prepare a roadmap for a unified and inclusive congress, while ending public attacks between the two camps, according to O Democrata.
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Source: O Democrata ·
Morocco’s social priorities in 2027 budget to cost 62 billion dirhamsThe social priorities in Morocco’s draft 2027 finance bill are estimated to cost a total of 62 billion dirhams. Economy Minister Fouzi Lekjaa announced the figure while presenting the budget to both chambers of Parliament, according to LeBrief.
Tunisia and UK prepare fourth partnership councilTunisia and the United Kingdom want to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, tourism, agriculture, education and security. Tunisian Secretary of State Mohamed Ben Ayed and British ambassador Roderick Drummond also prepared the fourth session of the Tunisian-British Partnership Council, according to a statement from Tunisia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The week in Africa
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