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Libya: Presidential council seeks another week to name cabinet

Libya’s presidential council formed under the Libya Political Agreement (LPA) signed in Morocco in December has requested that the deadline to name a new cabinet be extended for a week, claiming it “needs more time” to discuss the formation. Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj was asked to reduce his 32-member cabinet that he presented to […]

Algeria: Court releases journalist sentenced to one-year in jail

An Algerian court has ordered the release of a journalist one month into his one-year jail sentence over participation in an unauthorized demonstration. Noureddine Benissad, lawyer of Adlene Mellah who had been arrested in December and sentenced to one-year in prison, told the media that a court in the Algerian capital gave his client a […]

Japan lends Morocco $200 mln in aid

Japan has offered Morocco a loan of $200 million to back the coronavirus response program. An agreement was signed in this regards between Morocco’s finance ministry and Japan’s international cooperation agency (JICA). This loan aims at helping the government deal with the health, social and economic repercussions of the pandemic. JICA has been operating in […]