Mounia Boucetta

Morocco-Spain rail link floats again with 2030 WC

After some four decades, the idea of a rail link between Morocco and Spain floats again as the two countries, together with Portugal, prepare to host the 2030 World Cup. International media is speaking of underway surveys on the project that would boost connectivity between Europe and Africa. During his most recent visit to Morocco, […]

Algeria Shuts down Internet to Curb High School Exam Cheating

Algeria shut down internet nationwide to prevent high school students from cheating, after previous massive leaks cast doubt on the credibility of the national education system. Under such an extreme measure, internet will be disabled in the whole country for two hours of each morning as students sit for baccalaureate tests between June 20 and […]

Algiers, Tripoli among world’s least livable cities, The Economist

Algiers and Tripoli were rooted at the bottom of a table as the third and second least livable cities in the world, on par with war-torn Damascus which has kept the notoriety of being the worst city to live in since 2013, the Economist said.   Kyiv, at the heart of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, […]