Mauritanian President Mohamed-Cheikh-Ould-Ghazouani

Fighting in Libyan capital reaches 23 dead

Fighting between militias that broke out on Friday night in Tripoli, against a backdrop of political chaos with two rival governments, left at least 23 people dead and 140 injured, according to a new official report. The clashes between rival militias broke out in several neighborhoods of Tripoli (west) where bursts of gunfire and shelling […]

Coronavirus: Morocco Reports First Death

An 89-year-old woman died Tuesday in Casablanca from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of Health has announced.   The patient was suffering from chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The intervention of doctors specialized in epidemiologic diseases, virology and resuscitation could no save the woman, who was diagnosed positive last week. The woman who came […]

Egypt’s new interim leader sworn in

Adly Mansour, the leader of the constitutional court has been sworn in as Egypt’s new interim president, after the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the armed forces through a ‘military coup’. The interim leader will remain as Egyptian president until presidential elections, but no date has been set yet. It’s now officially […]