Tunisia: Court hands one month in jail to man for smoking during Ramadan

A Tunisian man has been handed one month-in-jail sentence Monday for smoking, during the holy month of Ramadan. The man was seen smoking outside a courthouse in Bizerte by a court official who informed the police, a prosecution official told news agency AFP. The court gave the man 10 days to appeal otherwise the ruling […]

Morocco: Gradual return of residents to Ksar El Kebir after floods

Moroccan authorities have organized a gradual return of residents evacuated from Ksar El Kébir after severe flooding recently hit the northwestern provinces of the country. The operation follows the Interior Ministry’s announcement that improved weather conditions now allow for a safe, supervised return to affected neighborhoods. Local and provincial authorities in Larache, working alongside units […]

Africa to cut its reliance on West, unfair raw material trade practices – AfCFTA, Uganda leaders

African countries must reduce their reliance on other Western countries by boosting intra-Africa trade and also by eliminating their exploitation of Africa’s raw materials, according to the AfCFTA Secretary General and Uganda’s president. Speaking at the 2023 Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar on Non-Oil Export, the Secretary General of AfCFTA, Wamkele Mene, said that economic […]