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South Africa: Electricity price increases to cost over 90,000 mining jobs

South Africa’s Minerals Council on Tuesday warned that electricity price increases by state-owned power utility Eskom will lead to over 90,000 job losses in South Africa’s gold and platinum mining industries over the next three years. Earlier this year, South Africa’s National Energy Regulator said that Eskom could hike tariffs by 9.41 percent in 2019, […]

Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fires Two Top Army Generals

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika last weekend dismissed two powerful army generals, the official news agency APS said. The generals, Said Bey and Lahbib Chentouf, had been in charge of the first and second military regions. Algeria is divided into six military regions. Algeria’s army has long been considered a behind-the-scene decision-maker. The presidency did not […]

Moroccan Police arrest INTERPOL-wanted Dutch national of Egyptian origin

Police officers of the town of Guercif arrested, on Monday, a 63-year-old Dutch national of Egyptian origin, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by German judicial authorities.   A check of the database of the International Criminal Police Organization “INTERPOL” revealed that the suspect was wanted internationally under an arrest warrant […]