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Qatar and Algeria cement ties after Embassy inauguration

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal arrived in Qatar on Sunday for a two-day working visit. The highlights of his visit include the inauguration of the Algerian Embassy and the signing of several agrrements at the fifth Qatari-Algeria higher committee meeting. Discussions between Amir Sheikh Tamim and Prime Minister Sellal, wherein Deputy Amir Abdullah bin Hamad […]

Morocco Reaps 96 million Quintals of Cereals in 2017 Crop Year

After abundant rainfall, Morocco produced 96 million quintals of cereals in the 2016-2017 crop year, the Agriculture Ministry said. The production of soft wheat is estimated at 49 million quintals (51%), followed by barley with 25 million quintals and hard wheat (22 million quintals), the ministry added in a statement. Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region came first in […]

Scores killed in Mali and Burkina Faso in attacks blamed on jihadists

At least 17 soldiers and four civilians, including local elected officials, were killed Sunday (7 August) in Mali and 15 soldiers in Burkina Faso on Tuesday (9 August), the latest in a series of such attacks as both countries battle a jihadi insurgency. The Sunday attack in the town of Tessit in the three-border zone […]