Algerian former FM Lamaamra

Egypt: parliament rubber-stamps Japan’s fund for Universal Health Insurance System

The Egyptian legislature green-lighted Wednesday a signed agreement between the Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in which the Japanese agency will provide funds for the country’s Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS), Ahram Online reports. Egypt and JICA inked an agreement in March 2023 for the Japanese agency to provide a loan of […]

Morocco’s $8 billion Sahara face-lift underway

Five years after announcing a development model for the southern provinces, the Sahara, Morocco is forging ahead increasing the initial budget to develop the region from 77 billion dirhams to 80 billion dirhams. The region is already enjoying levels of human development superior to the national average. But Morocco wants to make its south a […]

Senegal inks peace deal with rebel group, ending four decades of conflict

Senegal has officially ended one of Africa’s oldest conflicts with the signing of a peace agreement between the government and the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The agreement, brokered by Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, brings a historic conclusion to the 40-year-long low-key struggle for independence by Casamance rebels in the southern […]