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Moroccan intellectual wins French Academy’s Grand Prix de la Francophonie

The Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Abdeljalil Lahjomri, won the Grand Prix de la Francophonie awarded by the French Academy.   The prize, part of the 2019 list of 64 prizes and medals granted by l’Académie Française, was awarded to M. Lahjomri, ex-aequo with the Czech poet Petr Kral.   […]

US offer: reforms first, then removal of Zimbabwe sanctions

The United States has outlined the measures the government of Zimbabwe can take for Washington to end its sanctions on the country, but warns that confidence building measures are needed for bilateral re-engagement. On 19 October, the US Department of State called for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to prosecute former and current regime officials responsible […]

Tunisia: Probe launched into gas explosion at Interior Minister’s residence

Tunisia’s Justice Ministry has commissioned an investigation into causes of a gas explosion at the house of Interior Minister Taoufik Charefeddine, Webdo Tunis reports. An explosion rocked the Minister’s house on Monday. The authorities blamed gas leak as cause of the blast. The explosion took place in the kitchen, the interior ministry said in a […]