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New study estimates Morocco earthquake damage at $300mln

A new assessment by the Policy Center for The New South put the material damage of Sept 8 earthquake at 3 billion dirhams ($300 million), accounting for nearly 0.2% of Morocco’s GDP. The quake which hit vast swathes in the High Atlas mountains killed 3000 people and damaged 59,674 buildings, of which 32% were destroyed […]

Libya and Saudi Arabia Forge Strategic Telecom Partnership

Libya’s Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Holding Company signed a preliminary MoU (Memorandum of understanding) on Thursday, 11 December, with Saudi Arabia’s Technology Link Services for Telecommunications, signalling a push to strengthen regional collaboration in the telecommunications sector. The agreement, concluded during a meeting between Libyan Chairman Youssef Ibrahim Hussein and Saudi delegation leader Ali […]

Two killed in Chad while trying to sneak in French military base

The Chadian army killed Wednesday September 6 two people who were trying to infiltrate a French military base in the northern city of Faya-Largeau amid protests against the death of a Chadian soldier at the hands of a French doctor. Protests erupted Tuesday September 5 in the city after Mahamat Dakou Hamid, a soldier in […]