Algeria’s trade deficit slipped into 14 billion dollars in the first 8 months of 2016 because of the fall in oil revenues, propelling the government to draft an austere appropriation bill for 2017 with the introduction of new taxes in a bid to minimize losses. Algeria’s trade deficit worsened despite an 11% decline in imports […]
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan U.S. government advisory body, has recommended maintaining Algeria on the U.S. Department of State’s Special Watch List for engaging in or tolerating severe religious freedom violations. In its 2022 annual report, the USCIRF, which monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad and makes policy recommendations […]
The US commended Morocco’s leadership in preserving religious heritage sites, highlighting the history of the country in protecting religious minorities and promoting inter-faith dialogue, US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback said. “Morocco has done great work to preserve Jewish sites around the country,” he said in a speech at the opening […]
