BMCE Bank of Africa, China Africa Business Council Team up to Foster Investments in Continent

BMCE Bank of Africa has signed a partnership agreement with China-Africa Business Council to support and facilitate the task of Chinese investors in Morocco and more broadly throughout Africa. The agreement was initialed on the sidelines of the just concluded China-Africa Summit held in Beijing (September 3-4) and the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in the private […]

France: State of Emergency Prolonged Following Nice Attack

French President Francois Holland announced, in an early Friday address to the nation, the extension of the state of emergency for three additional months and the raising of the national security level following Thursday lorry attack in Nice, which killed at least 84 people and injured scores, including 18 in critical condition. The state of […]

Boualem Sansal’s lawyer to file complaint with UN in protest for Algeria’s arbitrary detention

Four months after the detention of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, his lawyer said he will file a complaint with the UN to seek his release from an Algerian jail. Sansal was arrested on November 16 upon his return from France where he gave an interview explaining the colonial nature of Algeria’s borders, notably citing the […]