Congolese troops and M23 rebels traded heavy fire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday (14 November), just as East African leaders a day earlier announced peace talks in a bid to stabilize the conflict-torn region. Government forces and the M23 militia were fighting in Kibumba, about 20 km north of the strategic […]
A new high-tech textile industrial unit in Casablanca will start operations shortly, under an agreement signed this week by Minister of Industry and Trade, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, and the managing director of Omega Textile Maroc, Song Linghui. The unit, requiring an investment of 80 million dirhams, will manufacture hosiery, socks and lingerie by using new […]
A new Egyptian government led by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, the petroleum minister in the former government, was sworn in on Saturday. The new cabinet features almost half of the ministers that were in Mahlab’s government. The government is expected to be short-lived because a new government would be announced before the end of the […]
