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Tunisia’s President dies leaving fears of power vacuum

Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]

Throne Day: Morocco’s King Pardons Nearly 1,770 Inmates

King Mohammed VI has pardoned 1,769 convicts on the eve of the Throne Day celebrated on July 30 in the North African Kingdom. This year’s Throne Day marks the 23rd Anniversary of the accession of King Mohammed VI to the Throne. A press release issued by the Ministry of Justice says the beneficiaries of the […]

UN: Morocco Calls for Creating Fund to Support SDGs Implementation in Africa

Morocco, a staunch advocate of Africa’s socio-economic development, has called, Wednesday in New York, for the setting up of a fund to support the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the continent.   The call was launched by Head of the Moroccan government, Saâd Dine El Otmani, at the high-level political forum on sustainable […]