The suspects involved in the killing of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas Mountains appeared on Thursday before a criminal court in the city of Salé (near Rabat). This is their last hearing before the court’s ruling. A total of 24 persons, including a Spanish-Swiss convert to Islam, are facing several charges including promoting […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has tested positive for Covid-19, the official news agency announced Tuesday. “Medical examinations carried out on Monday by Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, after contracting a cold, showed a positive result and a contamination with Covid-19 with mild symptoms,” the Ami agency said. Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, […]
Tunisia, President of the UN Security Council in January, called on the global body to send peacekeeping forces to Libya to support the fragile ceasefire agreed between various factions fighting for the control of the oil-rich North African country. Tarek Ladeb, Tunisia’s ambassador to the UN, told reporters that he hoped the Security Council’s upcoming […]
