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Morocco: Crime rate dropped by over 9% in 2015

The crime rate in Morocco has dropped by more than 9% over the first nine months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. The figures were disclosed by Junior Interior Minister Charki Draiss at a briefing before the parliament’s interior committee on Monday. Draiss told the lawmakers that the number of overall crimes […]

Amnesty 2023 report: Africa’s ‘limited progress’, ‘grim picture’ in some nations

Amnesty International’s 2023 report titled “State of the World’s Human Rights” says that Africa, on the whole, continues to make progress toward respect for individual rights from speech to political association, though it paints a grim picture of Southern Africa, highlighting troubling abuses in Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Africa has shown “limited […]

China’s OPPO mulls plans to set up $20m worth smart phone producing factory in Egypt

Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer OPPO is considering setting up a smart phone producing plant in Egypt with a total investment of $20 million, the CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Hossam Heiba said Sunday. The venture Heiba added during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly will generate 650 jobs. […]