Atlas lions with manager Vahid Halilhodzic

Algeria: Former Islamist fighter announces debut into politics

Ex-notorious Algerian Islamist fighter of the 1990s revealed he will start a career into politics causing stirs into Algerian society still reminiscent of the 1990s “black years.” Madani Mezrag, a former Islamist who fought the Algerian government during the civil war of the past century, an nounced recently that he would set up a political […]

Eid Al-Fitr: King Mohammed VI pardons over 2000 inmates, including convicts in extremism, terrorism cases

On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, celebrated this April 10 in Morocco, King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 2,097 people, sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon, who are either detained or serving a […]

Mauritania: Government Canvasses for President’s Stay in Power after 2019

Tensions raised high in Mauritania Wednesday as the Government went public calling for constitutional change to allow the current President to stand for elections in 2019, in contrast to current constitution which limits power to two terms in a row. On Tuesday, the Government’s spokesman Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh said at a press conference that […]