Morocco: Boxer Youssef Zalal wins a string of victories at the UFC

Moroccan boxer Youssef Zalal defeated American Peter Barrett by unanimous decision of the judges on August 8, 2020 in Las Vegas, at an event organized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the most powerful mixed martial arts (MMA) league in the world. The man, 23, nicknamed the “Moroccan Devil”, continues his remarkable debut at the […]

Libya: Two PMs to form two governments as the capital falls

While Libyan authorities have admitted that they lost control over capital city Tripoli to an alliance of militias led by Misrata-based forces, the recently elected Libyan parliament reappointed Abdullah Al-Thinni as the new Prime Minister and tasked him with forming a “crisis government.” Meanwhile, the groups controlling Tripoli, which mostly support the previous Parliament, the […]

Nigeria’s inflation nears 40% on back of higher food prices

Higher food prices triggered a surge in the inflation rate to 33.9% in Nigeria in October, up from 32.7% a month earlier, the national statistics agency said. The jump was attributed to a steep rise in the prices of staples such as maize, rice, and cooking oil, the agency said. In a bid to tame […]