Libya: HoR-backed PM Bashagha leaves Tripoli after fighting erupts

Libya’s parliament-appointed prime minister Fathi Bashagha left the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, his office said, hours after his attempt to enter the city led to clashes between rival factions. Clashes erupted earlier on Tuesday as Bashagha arrived to try to take control of government from a rival administration that has refused to cede power. Fighting […]

Thousands March in Tizi Ouzzou for Independence of Kabylie from Algeria

Thousands took to the streets of Tizi Ouzzou in response to the call by the Movement for the Independence of Kabylie (MAK), on the occasion of the commemoration of the Amazigh Spring. Thousands of protesters carried banners and the blue, yellow and red flags of the independent Kabylie state while chanting slogans demanding the self-determination […]

French automaker PSA, Moroccan gov’t seal technology transfer deal

French carmaker PSA and Morocco’s car technology industry center (CETIEV) joined efforts to boost research and development in the country, a move that would result in technology transfer. Key to Morocco’s industrial strategy is technology transfer through attracting large-scale investments that spur the growth of local suppliers in order to increase the rate of locally […]