Tunisia: Former Environment Minister sentenced to three years in prison

A court in Tunisia has condemned former Environment minister Mustapha Aroui to three years in prison for involvement in the illegal import of household waste from Italy in 2020. The ruling was issued by Tunis Court of Instance. Aroui has been in prison since December 2020, only six months into the job. The case raised […]

Morocco, North Africa’s Leading Innovative Economy- Global Innovation Index 2017

The Global Innovation Index 2017 ranked Morocco as the first innovative economy in North Africa and the third on the continental level preceded only by South Africa and Mauritius. The index, co-edited by Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, in partnership with INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), showed that Morocco continues to […]

France to keep its troops in Chad amid apparent pre-election crackdown on opposition

France has said it will keep its 1,000 troops in junta-run Chad amid waning French influence after it was ousted from several African countries over the past few years, just as apparent calm has returned to Chad’s capital N’Djamena following the assassination of an opposition leader. “Of course we will stay” in Chad, said Jean-Marie […]