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Morocco: King Mohammed VI chairs third Ramadan lecture

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Ismail, chaired, Thursday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the third religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan. This lecture was delivered by the president of the Local Council of the Ulemas of the prefecture of the […]

Gaddafi’s son claims to be personally involved in transfer of cash to Sarkozy in exchange for favors

A son of the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has doubled down on his claim that ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy was paid millions of euros in exchange for political and economic favors. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has told French broadcaster RFI that he was personally involved in giving Sarkozy suitcases containing about 5 million euros for […]

UNCTAD warns of social unrest amid slow economic growth in Africa

The weak growth trajectory of Africa’s three largest economies, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa, which together account for about 60% of Africa’s GDP, could exacerbate social unrest in the region, a report by UNCTAD, the United Nations trade body, has warned. Growth prospects in South Africa and across the continent have deteriorated, which threatens to […]