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TICAD8: Liberia deplores Morocco’s absence; calls for suspension of conference

Liberia regretted, on Saturday, the absence of Morocco from the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) and called for “the suspension of this session until the resolution of the problems relating to the procedures”, following the unilateral invitation extended by Tunis to the Polisario separatist entity to this event. “Liberia expresses regret […]

Boualem Sansal’s lawyer to file complaint with UN in protest for Algeria’s arbitrary detention

Four months after the detention of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, his lawyer said he will file a complaint with the UN to seek his release from an Algerian jail. Sansal was arrested on November 16 upon his return from France where he gave an interview explaining the colonial nature of Algeria’s borders, notably citing the […]

Morocco Tops North African Countries in Doing Business Rankings

Morocco was ranked the best North African country for doing business and the third in the MENA region in the annual Doing Business rankings. Morocco has slipped one place, in the report published by the World Bank, taking the 69th position globally out of 190 surveyed countries, far ahead of Tunisia (88th), Egypt (128th) and […]