Morocco set up the High Atlas Mountains development agency to oversee reconstruction efforts in the earthquake-hit areas. The agency was set up in implementation of Royal directives which urged speeding up reconstruction efforts after the 7-magnitude quake that left nearly 3000 people dead, and damaged 60,000 homes. The agency will oversee projects aiming at rehousing […]
A court in the Tunisian city of Sfax has pressed a five-month suspended sentence on a Tunisian woman convicted for abusing a teacher of black skin. This appears as the first court condemnation of a racism case in Tunisia, The National comments. The woman, not identified, reportedly went to the school after her daughter told […]
Mali has filed a case against Algeria at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its northern neighbor of violating international law by shooting down a Malian military drone near the border town of Tinzaouaten. According to Mali, the incident occurred earlier this year, between 31 March and 1 April, when Algerian forces deliberately downed […]
