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Is France Readying to Recognize Palestine?

France is seemingly readying to recognize Palestine as the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Friday announced that his country will move on to recognize the Palestinian State in the coming weeks if efforts to end the 50-year long conflict bear no fruits. If France recognizes the Palestinian state, it will join the list of Europe […]

Senegal: Two lawmakers handed six months in prisons each for beating female colleague

A court in the Senegalese capital Dakar has condemned two members of the parliament to six months in prison each for beating a female colleague during an incident in the legislature last month. Massata Samb and Mamadou Niang, both from the opposition, attacked Ami Ndiaye from the ruling coalition during a parliament session on the […]

Amazigh Language to Feature in Bank Notes, Official Documents

The long awaited-for organic draft law on the implementation of the official character of Amazigh provides for a set of measures to be adopted gradually, among which the use of the language in bank notes, postal stamps and other official documents delivered by the state. The draft law was recently submitted to the PJD-led cabinet […]