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Nantes confronts slave trade legacy through groundbreaking memorial

The French port city of Nantes is facing its complex historical role in the Atlantic slave trade through one of Europe’s most significant commemorative sites. As France’s largest slave-trading port in the 18th century and Europe’s fourth-largest overall, the city’s maritime prosperity came at an immense human cost. The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery […]

Edition: Slight increase in publications in Morocco; works in Arabic prevail

Moroccan editorial activity for 2018/2019 has increased slightly, according to the annual report released by the King Abdul Aziz Al-Saoud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences on the eve of the opening of the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL), held in Casablanca Feb.6 to 16. Over 4,200 documents (books, journals and digital publications) […]

Algeria spikes defense budget to $21.6 bln

As Algerians continue to suffer in long queues for basic goods, the military regime in Algeria has allocated its defense department a bloated budget of 21.6 billion dollars in 2024, up from 19 billion this year. The army thus widens the gap with other departments as the largest spending sector, mirroring its position as a […]