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Algerian verdict triggers violent protests in Polisario-run Tindouf camps

An Algerian prison sentence against a member of the Rguibat tribe provoked violent protests that took aim at the Polisario leadership in the Tindouf camps. Ahmed Ould Ben Ali, one of the thousands of disenchanted youths in Tindouf camps, was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Algerian court on charges of drug trafficking. […]

IMF Mission Set for Early December to Review Egypt’s Economic Programmes

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is scheduled to arrive in Cairo in early December 2025 to conduct the fifth and sixth reviews of Egypt’s $8 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the first review under the $1.3 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), according to Julie Kozack, Head of the IMF’s Communications Department. Speaking […]

Morocco: Brasilian football legend Rivaldo to join Chabab Mohammedia as technical director

Former star of FC Barcelona, AC Milan and the Brazilian selection, Ronaldinho Rivaldo, is on course to become the technical director of Chabab Mohammedia, a club of Morocco’s second division football league, the local club has said. “Rivaldo will sign his contract as technical director on June 9, during Ahmad Faras’s jubilee. Several former Barcelona […]