The EU’s carbon tax, agreed recently, is a chance for Moroccan industry operators to enhance their competitiveness. “We should not look at this measure as a burden on our industries. It is rather an advantage to overcome competition,” Minister of Industry and trade Ryad Mezzour told local media le360. EU governments reached a deal over […]
The United Kingdom is to send a contingent of 250 troops to Mali next year, to support the UN’s peacekeeping operation in the country, MINUSMA, announced the United Nations. A statement, posted on the UK Ministry of Defense website on Monday, said that the soldiers were being deployed in recognition of increased instability in the […]
Two Prime Ministers who both served under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on corruption related charges in a move that aims to appease the anger of Algerian protesters ahead of unpopular elections next Thursday. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal, close allies of Bouteflika, received 15 years in prison and $16,000 in […]
