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Burkina Faso: search underway for 50 women abducted by jihadists in restive Sahel region

Security forces are searching for at least 50 women that were abducted by suspected Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso’s insurgency-hit northern Sahel region, a regional governor said Monday, January 16. The women were kidnapped on January 12-13 while in the countryside gathering wild fruit near the town of Arbinda in Soum province, Lt. Col. P.F. […]

India’s Samta Metals & Alloys invests $70 Mln in recycling plant in Morocco

India’s Samta Metals & Alloys, a subsidiary of the Indian Samta Group, is building an aluminum & copper recycling plant in the Atlantic Free Zone, located in the city of Kenitra, Morocco. An investment of $70 million will be injected in this eco-friendly factory to be built over a 36,600-sq-m area. It is expected to […]

Algeria: Prosecutor requests tougher prison sentence against “Madame Maya” in appeal

The appeal trial of “Madame Maya”, presented as the hidden daughter of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was held this weekend in Tipaza, west of Algiers. The trial is presented as a symbol of the fight against corruption. In first instance, on October 14, Zoulikha-Chafika Nachinache (her real name) who was posing as the daughter of […]