Mauritanian & Moroccan FM Ismaël Cheikh Ahmed & Nasser Bourita

Morocco: Future Elections to be Ballot box & Paper-Free with New Voting Machine?

A Moroccan inventor has come up with a voting machine to replace traditional ballot papers and boxes, reports say. Anis Karama, a young engineer, graduate from the Hassan I University (Settat), who is the initiator of the invention, said the machine uses the same pattern as ATM machines used in banks. In an interview with […]

MEPs accuse EU executive of ‘bankrolling dictators’, claiming Tunisia’s president pocketed EU aid

Senior members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have accused the EU executive of “bankrolling dictators”, claiming that the €150 million it gave to Tunisia last year in a migration and development deal went straight to the country’s president, Kais Saied. The group of MEPs on the human rights, justice and foreign affairs committees at the […]

President Alassane Outtara names Chief Justice of Constitutional Council

Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Outtara appointed the country’s first ever female Chief Justice, Chantal Nanaba Camara. A statement from the office of the African leader indicated that the appointment will come into force on July 21. Camara is taking over from Koné Mamadou who had been in the position since 2015. The 69-year old woman […]