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Morocco: Mother & son nabbed for drug trafficking; sub-Saharan woman for illegal sale of alcoholic beverages

Moroccan interior security authorities have nabbed in capital Rabat a mother and her 44-year-old son charged of drug trafficking. The suspects were arrested Friday morning at Kamra bus station in the Moroccan capital after arriving from a town in the north part of the kingdom. They were nabbed on tipoffs provided by the internal security […]

Sudan: fierce clashes continue in Khartoum despite calls for Eid ceasefire

As the forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday (21 April), ignoring appeals for an end-of-Ramadan Eid ceasefire, the United States is reportedly preparing to send additional troops to its base in nearby Djibouti in case an evacuation of Americans from Sudan is needed. On the first […]

World Bank loans Tunisia $120m to support SMEs

The World Bank has agreed to grant Tunisia a $120 million loan earmarked to facilitate access to funding by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The announcement was made by WB vice-president for MENA region, Farid Belhaj. The credit will be dished out to financial institutions by the Ministry of Finance and then to SMEs qualified […]