Omar El Bachir in a cage during his trial

Rabat & Amman Set up Business Council to Bolster Economic Partnership

Moroccan and Jordanian business communities have decided to set up a joint council to boost economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was sealed lately in Amman between Morocco’s Employers Union (CGEM) and Jordanian businessmen Association (JBA), on the sidelines of the Morocco-Jordan Investment Forum. The two sides agreed to exchange data […]

Libya: UN will fill Libya vacuum with concrete action and decisions, Bernardino Leon

UN special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has stressed that “an agreement with all stakeholders should be a priority” in ending the Libyan war. He said the warring parties should be dedicated to finding a peaceful solution because failure to reach an agreement will oblige the Security Council to ask “the UN to fill the […]

Mauritania: Introduce Sharia and religious police force, Mufti Wald Habib tells the President

Ahmed Wald Habib al-Rahman, considered to be the Mufti of Mauritania, told President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and other high officials that the country needs to create a Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or religious police, in order to enforce Sharia in Mauritania. During an encounter at the Grand […]