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Is Algeria’s regime distancing itself from Russia to avoid U.S. ire?

In a bid to maintain their strong grip on power and avoid U.S. sanctions for financing Moscow’s war in Ukraine through the purchase of Russian weapons, the Algerian rulers started distancing themselves from their Russian historical ally and main arms supplier. According to Spanish newspaper “El Confidencial” and French daily “Courrier International”, the Algerian military […]

Tunisia: Gharsalli, Country’s New Ambassador to Rabat

Tunisian former Minister of the Interior Mohamed Najem Gharsalli has been appointed Wednesday as the country’s new ambassador to Rabat. Gharsalli received his letters of credentials from President Caid Essebsi at a ceremony organized at the presidential palace. Gharsalli had been appointed as Interior Minister last year in February but was replaced early this year […]

Morocco: Total Investment in Urban Development Exceeded $7.6.bln over Last Ten years

State-owned real-estate developer, Al Omrane, announced that it had spent over $7.6 billion (72.5 billion dirhams) on urban development projects in Morocco over the last ten years. Head of the board of directors of the company, Badr Kanouni, said, at a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of the group, that 465,000 housing units were achieved […]