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Algeria: Popular independence war veteran arrested for alleged insult to army

Algerian authorities have arrested a prominent independence war veteran for allegedly demoralizing and insulting the army. The office of Algiers prosecutor Sunday ordered the temporarily detention of Lakhdar Bouregaa, one of Algeria’s iconic war veterans in the 1954 to 1962 liberation fight against France. His arrest at his residence in an upmarket neighborhood of Algiers […]

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris to visit Tunis

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is planning to visit Tunisia “soon” and would announce resumption of one of his mega projects in the North African country. Sources told Egyptian media Acharaa that Sawiris might meet with “senior officials, including the Tunisian President.”   “The meetings will discuss among others a mega tourism project in one of […]

Mauritania: MSF Warns Against Malnutrition of Malian Refugees in Mbera Camp

The international humanitarian organisation “Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) has warned lately against the increasing risk of malnutrition of Malian refugees in Mbera Camp, Mauritania, following the cancellation of monthly food rations. Faced with plummeting financial resources, the World Food Program (WFP) has failed to provide the necessary food assistance to the 49,500 Malian refugees for […]