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Congo-Rwanda talks collapse as conditions for M23 negotiations remain unresolved

Leaders from Congo and Rwanda canceled a much-anticipated meeting in Angola intended to ease the crisis caused by the M23 rebel insurgency. Observers had hoped these face-to-face talks would produce a breakthrough. Instead, the latest setback suggests that efforts to quell the nearly three-year conflict in eastern Congo continue to falter, leaving more than 1.9 […]

Israel’s Mehadrin partners with Moroccan agribusiness to produce & export avocados output

Mehadrin, Israel’s largest grower and exporter of citrus fruits and vegetables, has partnered with a Moroccan agribusiness to produce and export avocados, according to Israeli business newspaper Globes which reported the deal. The two parties, which had already collaborated in the past, have set up a joint venture to spearhead this ambitious project. Mehadrin will […]

Another Algerian journalist faces 3 years in prison

An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. The prosecution at a court in Constantine has accused Abdelkrim Zeghileche, director of Radio-Sarbacane, a web-radio in the Northeast Algerian city, of “subverting the personality of the President of the Republic”, and “the national unity”. Zeghileche […]