Moroccan Ismahane Elouafi appointed Chief Scientist of FAO

Tunisia, USA ink anti-terrorism cooperation deal

Tunisia’s interior ministry and the US embassy in the North African signed Monday a memorandum of understanding, MoU, aiming at cooperation between the two countries in the area of the fight against terrorism, reports say. Tunisian Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi who also doubles as the country’s interior minister noted that the deal is in line […]

Benin: Rice Imports Decline after Nigeria’s Border Closure

The closure of Benin’s land borders with Nigeria since August has resulted in a drastic drop in the country’s rice imports from Asia. The information was revealed by the Observatory of International Rice Statistics (Osiriz) in its latest economic outlook released in December. Nigeria, one of Africa’s superpowers, closed all its land borders to tackle […]

Morocco: Boy trapped in a deep well passes away

Moroccan rescuers have managed this Saturday evening to pull out the lifeless body of the 5-year-old boy, Rayan, who had fallen in a narrow 32-metre-deep well last Tuesday. A statement from the Royal Office confirmed the news shortly after medical staff took Rayan outside of the well. Following this tragic incident which claimed the life […]