Morocco: Main suspects in beheading of two Scandinavian hikers handed death sentences
A court in Sale, near Rabat, Thursday sentenced to death three main suspects who pleaded guilty for the killing in December of two Scandinavian holidaymakers […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
KFED sets operational framework for Entrepreneurship Support Agreement with Togo
The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, KFED, has announced an operational set of standards and guidelines to be followed under the recently signed Entrepreneurship Support […]
Cameroon: Football Federation sacks Dutch duo managing national team over AFCON debacle
The Cameroon’s football federation has sacked national team head coach Clarence Seedorf following the early exit out of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON, taking […]
More than 100,000 girls in Tanzania work in slave-like conditions
In Tanzania, more than 100,000 young girls have been tricked into a life of fear and, in effect, slavery. According to BBC, some of the […]
DRC-Ebola: hundreds of millions of dollars needed; Two workers killed
UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock on Monday said Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak could last much longer and cost far more in money and […]
Tony Elumelu, UNDP to support 100,000 entrepreneurs in 10 years
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global development network of the United Nations, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to train, mentor […]
Ghana to host African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) has selected Ghana as the host country for the Secretariat of the […]
Togo ruling party wins landslide victory in local elections, upholds “Gnassingbé dynasty.”
Togo’s ruling party, Union Republique (UNIR) has won the June 30 local elections with more 60% of municipal councilor seats in 114 municipalities in the […]
Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Guinea
Somalia has officially cut diplomatic ties with Guinea. The decision was announced in Mogadishu today after a cabinet meeting. The move comes after the leader […]
Algeria: interim President proposes dialogue to set new date for Presidential elections
The Algerian Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah in an address to the nation called for an urgent dialogue without the military and political parties in view […]