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Coronavirus: Morocco opens probe following publication of names of passengers who travelled with infected man

Health Ministry reports a second confirmed case.             Morocco’s Personal Data & Privacy Protection Authority has opened an investigation following the publication in social media networks of the list of the 104 air passengers who travelled with the first Moroccan affected with coronavirus. “This is a violation of privacy and […]

Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves plunge amid drop in oil revenues

Algeria’s public debt rose to 45% of GDP while its foreign exchange reserves continue to shrink on the back of falling oil prices in international market boding ill for the social peace of a country where dissent is growing. Newly appointed Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad sounded the alarm bell recently while speaking to MPs about […]

Canadian Company Exploring for Gold in Mauritania

Canadian company Algold Resources has been awarded a 30-year mining license to drill for gold in Tijirit project, in Mauritania. Under the terms of the mining license, Algold will deliver a feasibility study by December 2018. Algold acquired the Tijirit project in April 2016 and immediately commenced a major exploration program, under which it completed […]