Algeria: Bouteflika clan hands 5 year sentence in prison to former head of counter-terrorism agency

Former head of the Algerian counter-terrorism agency General Hassan was handed a five-year prison sentence by a military court in a behind closed doors trial. Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, known as General Hassan, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of destroying documents and disobeying military orders. Gen. Hassan headed successfully the Algerian counter-terrorism department […]

Covid-19: Morocco on track to join elite club of vaccines’ producers

Morocco, which is taking the lead in the global fight against the coronavirus, is advancing resolutely towards becoming a main producer of vaccines including anti-covid jabs. To secure its self-sufficiency and autonomy in vaccines which have become the hottest commodity on earth during the current global health crisis, the North African Kingdom has partnered with […]

Egypt’s central bank gets around $5.2bn from local banks to address growing economic pressures

The Central Bank of Egypt, (CBE) collected around $5.2 billion (EGP 100 billion from local banks in the weekly open market operations (OMO) as the North African country turns to local, regional and international banks for loans to address growing economic pressures. The CBE data indicate that the funds were raised at a fixed rate […]