Algeria : Lakhdar Bouregaa, figurehead for Hirak, dies of coronavirus
Lakhdar Bouregaa, 87, a veteran of independence and figurehead for the Hirak protest movement, which is calling for regime change, died of coronavirus. Lakhdar Bouregaa […]
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Cameroon : Cardinal Christian Tumi kidnapped for having encouraged children to go to school
Cardinal Christian Tumi was kidnapped Thursday afternoon by a group of armed men on the road between Bamenda and Kumbo. The kidnapping has been […]
Covid-19: WB-IMF Annual Meetings Planned in Marrakesh Rescheduled until 2022
The World Bank -IMF annual meetings planned in Marrakesh (Morocco) in October 2021 have been rescheduled until 2022 due to the covid-19-pandemic. The announcement was […]
Tanzania: John Magufuli sworn in for a second term despite opposition’s contestation
Re-elected with 84% of the votes on October 28, the outgoing president of Tanzania John Magufuli was sworn in on Thursday, November 5, in the […]
Libya poised to open Consulate General in Moroccan Sahara
Libya could become the second Arab nation after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to open a Consulate General in Laâyoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Guillaume Soro called on the Defense and Security Forces “to act”
The trial of strength continues between the Ivorian government and its opposition. This Wednesday evening, former rebel leader Guillaume Soro, in exile in Paris, called […]
Togo: Four million CFA francs sentence for the newspaper L’Alternative and its director for defamation
The bi-weekly newspaper l’Alternative and its director were sentenced on Wednesday, November 4 by the High Court to pay two million each for defamation. The […]
Rwanda: President Habyarimana’s widow heard by the French justice system
Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president, suspected of being involved in the 1994 genocide, was heard by the French justice system on […]
Opening of UAE Consulate General in Laayoune, a move translating support to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara
The decision of the United Arab Emirates to open a Consulate General in the Sahara city of Laayoune, that was officially inaugurated this Wednesday, illustrates […]
France loans Casa Transports €100.5 million for construction of two Tramway lines
France’s development agency, AFD, allocated Monday, €100.5 million in form of credit to Casa Transports, for the construction of two tramway lines in the kingdom’s […]