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Menfi backs National Reconciliation Charter, declares January 7 Libya’s Peace Day

Libya’s Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi endorsed the National Charter for Reconciliation, marking a strategic milestone in the country’s pursuit of stability and social cohesion. The endorsement was made in Tripoli on Wednesday, in the presence of members of the Supreme Council for Peace and National Reconciliation and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited […]

Algeria’s Import Restrictions Doomed to Backfire

The slump in oil prices prompted the Algerian government to seek temporary measures to reduce the trade deficit. The most notorious among these were import restrictions that affected more than 800 products. Algeria’s protectionism has so far backfired producing counter-productive results in a country that failed to diversify its economy away from utter dependence on […]

Leïla Slimani, First Moroccan Woman to Win Prestigious Prix Goncourt

Moroccan-French 35 year-old journalist and writer Leila Slimani has been crowned winner of the French most prestigious literary award Prix Goncourt 2016 for her book “Chanson douce”, making her the first woman of Moroccan origin to get this award, which won her a personal congratulatory message from Morocco’s King Mohammed VI. Leila Slimani on Thursday […]