Tunisian blogger amina-mansour

Senegal PM Sonko Seeks Trial Review That Barred Him From 2024 Presidential Race

The legal battle surrounding Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has entered a pivotal new phase. His lawyers filed this week a request for a review of his July 2025 defamation conviction, which had rendered him ineligible to contest the 2024 presidential election. The appeal targets the case brought by former Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang […]

Mauritanian President Denies any Foreign Involvement in his shooting

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz who was wounded on October 13 in a shooting that was officially reported as “accidental” has confirmed earlier this week this initial version of the incident and flatly denied any foreign involvement in the shooting. The Mauritanian strongman, who had been hospitalized in Paris after the gunshot wound he sustained, […]

Morocco’s Central Bank keeps rates unchanged, expects growth to reach 2.9 % in 2023 & 3.2 % in 2024

Morocco’s central bank has decided to keep its key rate unchanged at 3 percent due to the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the international developments and the domestic context in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the country on Sept.08. The decision was made Tuesday by the Board of Bank Al-Maghrib after discussing local […]