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Tunisia: unconfirmed results make Ennahdha winner of legislatives

Moderate Islamist party Ennahdha has won Sunday legislative elections according to exit polls. Polling firm, Sigma Conseil projects the party to garner 17.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, translating into 40 seats in the 217-member parliament. The polling agency places Heart of Tunisia party, a newly political movement of detained run-off candidate Nabil Karoui, second with […]

Covid-19: Morocco Developing Mobile Phone App to Prevent Contagion

Moroccan computing engineers are busy working on a mobile phone App that will help health authorities to identify and track people who have been exposed to the coronavirus. The Moroccan Digital Development Agency has been commissioned by the government to design and deploy this tracing app expected to be operational by end of April. The […]

Morocco busts smuggling attempt of over 7.2 tons of cannabis

The Casablanca Police foiled on Monday an attempt to smuggle 7,228 tons of cannabis from Morocco to overseas and arrested three people involved in this drug operation. The drug haul was found in a truck bearing false registration plates. Tailed by the police, the lorry, which was carrying 220 cannabis bales, crossed several cities and […]