youth & innovation

Tunisia: Twelve years in prison for presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel

Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in Tunisia’s presidential election scheduled for Sunday October 6, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. The sentence adds to two other recent verdicts, but “he remains in the running for the ballot”, his lawyer said on Tuesday October 1. These new convictions come just five days before an election […]

Equatorial Guinea: President Obiang runs again for office, seeking to extend record 43-year rule

President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, the world’s longest-standing leader, is running for office again in Sunday elections, as he wants to extend his 43-year authoritarian rule in the oil-rich Central African nation. His party confirmed that Obiang would run in the elections to be held on Sunday (20 November). The world’s longest-standing president is […]

Maroc Telecom’s Gabon subsidiary evades nationalization push

Moov Africa Gabon, the local subsidiary of Morocco’s Maroc Telecom, was spared a nationalization push that affected many strategic firms in the country. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Gabon’s minister of digital economy made it clear that “the sector of telecommunications was not concerned by nationalization policies.” Since Brice Oligui Nguima took power […]