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Morocco allows special flights to repatriate stranded tourists

Morocco, which banned all international flights over coronavirus fears, allowed exceptional flights to carry thousands of tourists stuck in different Moroccan airports. Commercial flights took off from Marrakech airport and are scheduled to continue taking mostly French tourists. French transport minister said there are 12,000 French nationals in Morocco and that some forty flights were […]

Egypt: Increase of minimum wage in public service to address rising cost of living

Egypt has increased the minimum wage in the public sector from 2,000 Egyptian pound ($101.3) to 3,000 in a move to help workers surf the increase in the cost of living, reports say. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly who announced the decision said the government will pay an exceptional bonus of EGP 300 for employees in […]

Gabon’s junta chief clinches landslide victory in first post-Bongo era election

Brice Oligui Nguema, the military leader who ousted long-time president Ali Bongo in a 2023 coup, has won Gabon’s presidential election with a staggering 90.35% of the vote, according to provisional results announced by the Interior Ministry. This marks the first election in over five decades not dominated by the Bongo family, whose rule was […]