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Morocco plans trains assembly plant- minister

Morocco plans to set up a train assembly plant that will be geared for exports as well as for domestic use as the country expands its rail network, the transport minister Abdessamad Kayouh said. Briefing MPs on the latest developments on the rail sector, the minister said rail operator ONCF will add an additional 1300 […]

Tunisia: One terrorist killed in gun battle with jihadists in Sidi Bouzid

Tunisian National Guard forces Sunday trashed one terrorist in the southern city of Sidi Bouzid in a gunfire exchange with a group of jihadists holing up in a building. Another jihadist blew himself up on the second floor of the building during the raid, reports say. The terrorists hid in the building as forces tried […]

Mauritania uproars over personal comments, observes deafening silence towards Algerian President

The official reaction of the Mauritanian government to personal comments by a Moroccan Muslim scholar stands in stark contrast to the deafening silence towards comments uttered by Algerian President Abdelmedjid Tebboune who is responsible for his country’s foreign policy. Ahmed Raissouni, a former leader of the Islamist MUR and currently head of Qatar-funded International Union […]