The case of Algerian anti-regime activist Amira Bouraoui has revealed the shaky foundations of the newly found Algiers-Paris ties and showed the fragility of Tunisia’s authoritarian regime which has become a satellite state of the military regime in Algiers. Bouraoui fled to Tunisia seeking to regain France but she was arrested at an airport and […]
The Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences (EMSI) again stands out in the field of innovation. The institution, thanks to its research laboratories, won the Grand Prize and four gold medals at the Africa Innovation Week (IWA-2020). The four flagship inventions rewarded are “Genius water pipeline for buildings”; “Smart Micro-wind for Highway”; “Smart Hospital Management”; and […]
China has announced plans to eliminate tariffs on nearly all imports from 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties, extending a previous policy that offered zero-tariff treatment to only 33 least-developed African nations. The announcement was made during a ministerial meeting in China’s city of Changsha, as African leaders gathered to review the […]
