Arab Summit 2018

Traffic at Tangier Port Spikes 202%

Passenger traffic at Tanger-Med port jumped by 202% this summer compared to 1,741,212 passengers last year. The number of vehicles handled by the port hit 464,977 while the number of buses rose to 4,390, the port’s authority said. It ascribed the recent car jam that stretched for nearly 18km from the port to the high […]

Election Fraud: Malawi leader loses election court challenge

The Constitutional Court in Malawi has rejected an appeal, brought by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi’s electoral commission, to suspend the judgement it made last week annulling May’s presidential election in the southern African nation. Since last week, opposition supporters in Malawi have been celebrating after a panel of five top judges annulled the results […]

Algeria: BBC Correspondent Thrown in Prison for Espionage

Algerian Authorities have locked up journalist fixer Saïd Chitour over espionage after he was arrested early last month at Algiers airport on his way back from a trip in Spain. BBC correspondent Chitour is known by foreign English media and missions for helping arrange meetings between Algerian figures and foreign media in Algeria. He also […]