In Benin, 700 people, including expats, are currently held in detention on terrorism charges, head of Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) revealed, as the country strives to combat terrorism in the north. Cyriaque Dossa, head of the Court, said, during a conference held in Benin’s top university of Abomey-Calavi, that the […]
Mauritanian Minister of economy and development Tuesday hailed the progress made by the country on the 2015 Doing Business Group report which places Mauritania at the 168th spot out of 189 countries. 2015 Doing Business Group’s report published last week ranks Mauritania 168th, revealing a jump of 8 spots in two years after the country […]
Arab foreign ministers have decided, on Sunday in Cairo, to allow Syria to retake its seat at the Arab League after its membership was suspended following the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The decision was made after several months of deliberations before agreeing on Syria’s readmission under some conditions. The move comes within the geostrategic […]
