The African Union on Wednesday called for a sanction regime against member states that would fail to make their annual financial contributions. African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat announced the new measure in a speech at the 20th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union, focused on the continental reform agenda, […]
Suspense has been building over the past few weeks about whether the French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen would build a factory in Morocco or not. The suspense was finally dispelled on Friday. Morocco and the French firm have actually signed the accord under which PSA will build a factory in the North African country in […]
Senior Palestinian official and key member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr Saeb Erekat, has passed away from COVID-19, said Palestinian party Fatah. He was 65. Erekat died at Israel’s Hadassah-University Medical Center where he was receiving intensive care. The familiar face in Palestinian politics for 40 years and veteran peace negotiator […]
