Former Algerian PMs Ahmed Ouyahia & Abdelmalek Sellal sentenced for corruption

Tunisia: Presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel provisionally released and re-arrested

Presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was released on Thursday September 5 by the Correctional Chamber of the Manouba Court of First Instance, after his defense team requested a postponement of the case until September 19 to prepare their defense. However, shortly after his release, Tunisian police re-arrested him late Thursday, just minutes following the judge’s order, […]

Morocco elected vice-chair of 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries

Morocco was elected Tuesday Vice-President of the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, taking place in Awaza, Turkmenistan August 5 to 8. Morocco’s election, in the person of Permanent Representative to the UN Omar Hilale, is an international recognition of the important role played by Morocco to enable landlocked countries access to the sea […]

OIF questions accuracy of Guinea’s electoral rolls

L’ Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie (OIF) on Monday warned Guinea’s electoral authorities over the accuracy and credibility of the electoral rolls as the country is preparing for  polls. The OIF, the francophone organization equivalent of the Commonwealth, said the registers included nearly 2.49 million “problematic” names, including duplicated names, people who were too young […]