Algeria – UN HRC

Sudan: Bashir to face probe in connection with terrorism funding, money laundering

Deposed Sudanese President Omar Bashir will be questioned by the country’s prosecution for alleged terrorism financing and money laundering. Prosecutor General Al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed ordered Bashir’s questioning in connection with terrorism financing and money laundering suspicions, state-run news agency SUNA reported on Thursday. Bashir has been held in prison for one month since the army […]

Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance

Battered by the oil price slump, the underdeveloped banking sector in Algeria sees new financing sources in Islamic finance to tap into the huge informal economy and catch up with Morocco and Tunisia, which have already allowed such participatory banks to operate. As it edges towards offering banking services to suit more religiously conservative investors, […]

Hosting Polisario leader is “premeditated act”, Rabat tells Madrid

Morocco’s strongly worded response to Spain’s decision of hosting Polisario leader describes the move as “a premeditated act, a voluntary choice” and a “deplorable situation”. In a statement issued by the Foreign ministry, Morocco says it takes full note of the Spanish “sovereign decision” of not informing it about the secret transfer from Algiers to […]