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Iran has proposed to help Niger surmount economic sanctions it has been under since July 26 after incumbent leader General Abdourahamane Tiani removed Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup. The offer was made Wednesday January 24 by Iran’s first Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber during a meeting with Niger’s visiting Premier Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, reports say. […]
Morocco: Amazigh New Year Becomes Official National Holiday
King Mohammed VI of Morocco decided to declare the first day of the Amazigh year as a national paid holiday in line with the constitution which gives an official character to the language alongside Arabic, the Royal Household said in a statement on Wednesday. Morocco gave the language an official character in 2011 and the […]



