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Morocco to Issue New Generation of Biometric Passports

Morocco is taking a new step in modernizing its travel documents. The Council of Government adopted, at its weekly meeting Thursday, a draft decree, amending the 2008 decree governing the biometric passport, opening the way for a new generation of passports designed to enhance document security and align it with the latest standards. Presenting the […]

Libya: Serraj appoints finance minister to unlock CBL-held funds

Head of UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) Faiez Serraj has appointed finance minister to help release life-saving funds help up by Central Bank of Libya (CBL) at odd with Libyan unity government. Libya has been without financial minister since the inception of the unity government in December. Fakhr Muftah Bufernah aligned House of Representatives (HOR), initially […]

Egypt: Jail sentence against Zamalek Club Chief Mortada Mansour upheld

An Egyptian court upheld a one-month jail sentence and a one-year suspended sentence against Al-Zamalek football club’s controversial president Mortada Mansour, after he was found guilty of defamation against his Al-Ahly counterpart Mahmoud El-Khateeb. The ruling came Saturday after the court had rejected two appeals filed by Mansour against the two sentences, state-run news outlet […]