Economie-Maroc

UN Security Council renews mandate for peace keeping mission in CAR

The UN Security Council extended Wednesday November 15 for a year the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) until Nov. 15, 2024. The extension came under resolution 2709, approved by 14 of the 15 Security Council members bar Russia which abstained. The resolution also decides that the peacekeeping mission, […]

Mauritania: massive arrests in connection with corruption scandal at state-run energy company

The Mauritanian police have nabbed a senior official of a state-run energy company and a businessman, both accused by a Senegal company for demanding commissions for a contract awarded to the latter firm, reports say. Businessman, Mohamed Ould Bouchiba, and the technical director of the Mauritanian Gas Company, Mohamedou Pal, had been arrested for questioning […]

UK: Two Britons Suspected for Funding Brussels Attacks Jailed

Two British citizens have been condemned to jail for allegedly funding the March Brussels attacks which caused the death of 32 people. Kingston Crown Court in London Monday sentenced Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed respectively to three and eight years in prison for giving secretly £3,000 in cash to Mohamed Abrini in a Birmingham […]