The Washington-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) organized Wednesday, on the sidelines of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, a conference under the theme “Partnership for economic recovery: Morocco”. Addressing the virtual conference, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross welcomed the reforms undertaken by Morocco to encourage foreign investment and improve the business climate. The […]
Mali has summoned Algeria’s ambassador to Bamako in protest over Algerian president Tebboune’s reception of a religious leader backing the Touareg independence rebels. President Tebboune had offered a reception in his Mouradia palace in Algiers to Mahmoud Dicko, an Imam and an opponent of the ruling men in uniform in Bamako. The reception was “an […]
Algerian human rights activist, Zoulikha Belarbi, has been arrested by local police at Tlemcen, northwest of Algeria. No clear reason for her arrest has been communicated. The information was confirmed by lawyer and President of the Algerian human rights league (LADDH,) Salah Dabouz. “Human rights activists working on the ground have been, for some weeks, […]
