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Appointment in Senior Positions Should be Merit-based, King Tells Interior Minister

King Mohammed VI instructed the Interior Minister to ensure that appointments in senior positions should be merit-based in order to boost efficiency and rationalize human resources. The King reiterated that the constitutional principles of equal opportunities and accountability should be upheld. In a message in February to participants in the National Forum on the Senior […]

Algerian diplomacy’s inconsistencies reach absurd level

The civilian façade of the military regime in Algeria or the government led by Tebboune has reached an absurd level doubling down on inconsistencies, inflated figures, and fake news. The most recent was Algeria’s foreign minister welcoming the US position on the Sahara issue. Algeria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Ahmed Attaf, has welcomed the US […]

Three Dead, Including a Child, After Building Collapse in Soweto, South Africa

Three people, including a one-year-old child, were killed when a building collapsed in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in the early hours of Sunday, December 28. The Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (JEMS) reported receiving an emergency call shortly after 3:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT). Six people were inside the structure at the time; three […]