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Video of a Moroccan parent assaulting teacher causes outrage

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2 years ago

June 13, 2022

A viral video of a Moroccan parent physically assaulting his child’s teacher and causing panic among students at an elementary school in Berrechid, near Casablanca, has provoked outrage among Moroccans.

The incident which happened past Wednesday, according to teachers at the school, occurred when the angry father came to the school in order to meet the director, who happened not to be there, leading to visitors being barred from school grounds.

The North African Minister of National Education, Chakib Benmoussa, who condemned the event, expressed support for the teacher and the school’s staff and said the culprit would be brought to justice.

The Minister said in a Facebook post that the perpetrator stormed the establishment by climbing the walls, breaking into the teacher’s classroom and causing a state of terror and panic among students and educational staff.

“Following the physical assault on Professor Abdelilah Bonader, I strongly condemn this heinous act that affected the teacher during his duties at an elementary school in Berrechid,” Benmoussa said.

The Minister called for “mandatory respect towards teaching staff” and denounced the abuse of the sanctity of educational institutions.

Local media reported that the teacher had allegedly refused to grant the student a leave of absence with the discussion turning into a brawl between the student’s father and the teacher.

The video of the physical assault lasted nearly 10 minutes, during which unprecedented scenes of violence were shown in addition to the screams of scared students.

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto targets inflation rate below 3%

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3 weeks ago

October 24, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, stressed the economic goals of his government and charged the public to believe in the economic reforms of his administration.

Ruto also emphasized that the international community and multilateral bodies had applauded his policy direction, and urged Kenyans to join the train.

“You do have my commitment that we will be disciplined as a public sector… it my target that by next year inflation will be sub 3%”, Ruto said.

Earlier in the month, the Central Bank of Kenya slashed the benchmark rate to 12.0%, 75.0 bps down. The Central Bank’s prescribed target band for headline inflation is 2.5% – 7.5%, 5.0% being the mid-point · The last time Kenya registered <3.0% headline inflation was May 2007

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Video: Amid unpopular reforms, W’Bank chief insists Nigeria must ‘stay in course’ for 15 years

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1 month ago

October 15, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Indermit Gill, the Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank who also serves as the Pension Finance Administrator of the World Bank Group, at an event in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, commended the recent fiscal and monetary reform policies of the government.

He noted that implementing such reforms was impossible without strong resolve from the political class. He also commended the central bank’s decision to raise interest rate.

The central bank has had to hike its policy rate by a huge 850 points in the last 9 months to boost confidence in the Naira and anchor inflationary expectations.

“But this is only the beginning, Nigeria will need to stay the course for at least another 10 to 15 years to transform its economy,” the World Bank chief stressed.

Gill’s remark brings to mind the age-long argument on the actual interest of multilateral bodies in their engagements with developing countries, largely African states, whether through loans or policy framework. Some have argued that the institutions are only bent on impoverishing the continent through policy positions like the removal of subsidy and the devaluation of currencies, both of which Nigeria under the current administration has done under two years— leading to unprecedented inflation rate and soaring cost of living.