Seven Sudanese rebel groups, including former Janjaweed forces fighting on the side of warlord Khalifa Haftar, have agreed to leave Libya, reports say. The groups, Libya Observer reports citing London-based Middle East Eye (MEE), made the decision early this month during a meeting held in Niger on June 11-12. The meeting, MEE reported, took place […]
Moroccan dental Professor Ihsane Ben Yahya has been named president-elect of the International Dental Federation (FDI) during its General Assembly held Sept.8 in San Francisco, USA. Ben Yahia has been an FDI Council member since 2013. She will serve a two-year term before assuming the FDI presidency in 2021. “I will spare no effort to […]
An Algerian court on Tuesday handed prison sentences to six people, ranging from 18 month suspended sentence to 6 years in prison plus fines, in a corruption case involving the country’s state-run oil firm Sonatrach. Seven defendants were acquitted while four companies, including Italy’s Saipem and the German Funkwerk, were also sentenced to fines ranging […]
