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Egypt to increase electricity prices by 19 per cent from next month

Egypt announced Wednesday electricity price will increase by 19 per cent from next month, amid the covid-19 pandemic. The decision announced by the ministry of electricity is the seventh increase by the regime of President Fattah Al Sisi in power since 2014. The move is however in line with the ministry’s previous decision to increase […]

Polisario’s frauds & scams scandal exposed by UN Chief

The scams operated by the Algeria-backed Polisario group at the United Nations have been exposed by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara. In their elaborate schemes to deceive the international community after the series of diplomatic setbacks suffered by the separatists and their Algerian supporters, […]

Morocco: Abortion Regulating Text in the Pipeline

King Urges Stakeholders to Speed up Action After lengthy debates on the controversial issue of abortion or voluntary interruption of pregnancy, it became clear that it was necessary to amend the current Penal Code which allows abortion only in case pregnancy endangers the life of the mother. Discussions on illegal abortion and the need to […]