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G7 leaders approve $251 million in support of women in Africa

The G7 leaders have approved about $251 million in support of the African Development Bank’s AFAWA initiative to back women entrepreneurs in Africa.   French President Emmanuel Macron, as the current G7 president, made the announcement to reporters on Monday. He said the AFAWA initiative, comes from an African organization, the African Development Bank, which […]

New Leadership for Morocco’s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication

The former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and ambassador to Tunisia, Latifa Akharbach, has been appointed by King Mohammed VI as head of the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), in replacement of Amina Lamrini El Ouahabi. Latifa Akharbach, who is also former director of the Institute of Information and Communication (ISIC), was appointed […]

Egypt: EL Sisi hands nomination signatures for elections

In an effort to formally tender his bid for next month’s presidential election, Egypt’s former military chief, Abdel Fattah El Sissi, on Monday submitted eight times the number of signatures required of any aspirant running in the May 26-27 vote. Mr El Sissi, a 59–year-old career soldier who successfully ousted President Mohammed Morsi last July, […]