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Tunisia: Presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel accumulates more than 30 years in prison

Abdel Sattar Al-Massoudi, a lawyer representing former presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, has confirmed that the Kairouan Court of First Instance sentenced his client to 5 years and 4 months in prison on charges related to three cases of falsified recommendations. Al-Massoudi disclosed that the cumulative prison sentences handed down to Zammel across multiple cases now […]

Cameroon applies for $34.7m loan from IsDB to rebuild infrastructure in restive Anglophone region

Cameroon under the directives of President Paul Biya has lined up for a $34.7 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the Anglophone Regions of Northwest and Southwest. The plan estimated at around $3 billion encompasses three phases namely rehabilitation and development of […]

Haftar forces cut water supplies in Tripoli amid coronavirus health crisis

UN-backed Government of National (GNA) has condemned and called on the international community to rein in rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar whose forces have cut water supplies in capital Tripoli amid the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The GNA’s interior ministry, Middle East Monitor reports, in statement issued Thursday likened the interruption of the water […]