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    Morocco
    How football powerbroker, Fouzi Lekjaâ, has emerged as a contender as PM

    Fouzi Lekjaâ, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and Minister of State for the Budget, in Salé, Morocco, in July 2025.
    Fouzi Lekjaâ, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and Minister of State for the Budget, in Salé, Morocco, in July 2025.© Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP

    Long celebrated as a self-made workhorse, the boss of Moroccan football has spent decades methodically building the political and institutional networks that now make him one of the strongest contenders to lead the country's next government.

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    Madagascar
    Vanilla exporters challenge use of old CNV vanilla council's funds

    Workers drying vanilla in the sun in Bemalamatra, northern Madagascar, in May 2016.
    Workers drying vanilla in the sun in Bemalamatra, northern Madagascar, in May 2016.© Rijasolo/AFP

    The debate over how to deploy $35m inherited from the Conseil National de la Vanille, the former body regulating the vanilla industry, has taken a new turn. The sector's sole trade association, the GEVM, is opposing a plan to use part of the money to buy back stock and is demanding clarification from the junta.

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