In power since 1999, Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013 that affected his ability to walk and to speak. Nailed in a wheelchair, he has hardly made any public appearances since then. Despite his poor health condition, the official news agency APS announced that Bouteflika would run for a fifth term in the presidential […]
The World Bank approved on Tuesday a $150 million funding in additional financing for Morocco’s Urban Transport Program, which seeks to improve the performance and the quality of public transport services. The additional funding will enable Morocco to adapt its program to address new priorities of mobility, including those related to the impact of covid-19 […]
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) appealed Friday for $13 million in funding to support Palestinians in Lebanon, as the country reels from an unprecedented economic crisis. “Palestine refugees, living in overcrowded camps… are at the end of their rope,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement, adding that “almost every Palestinian […]
