A court in capital Algiers Wednesday pressed a 15-year prison sentence associated with a $80,000-fine against former head of the national police, Major General Abdelghani Hamel, charged with corruption and illicit enrichment. The Sidi M’hamed court also handed individual sentences to the family of the General and their company. Hamel’s wife Lanani Salima is handed […]
Morocco’s National Museum Foundation starts its 2021-2022 cultural calendar by a photo exhibition dubbed “Africa seen by its photographers”. The exhibition at the Mohammed VI Museum pays a special tribute to the pioneer of African photography, Malick Sidibé and displays for the first time unpublished photos by the Malian artist. This artistic event that celebrates […]
Two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali on July 18 along with three Chinese nationals were released on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The five men were abducted during an attack on a road construction site some 55 km from the town of Kwala in southwestern Mali, not far from the Mauritanian border, […]
