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Egypt extends tax-free car import initiative

Egypt will extend for additional three months the tax-free car import initiative launched by the country in view of widening the beneficiary base, Arab Finance reports. Finance Minister Mohamed Maait who made the announcement said that the number of beneficiaries has increased by more than three times during the first two months of the initiative’s […]

Mauritania: Prosecutor Demands 20 Years in Prison for Slave Abolitionists

The Mauritania state prosecutor Wednesday demanded 20-year prison sentence for members of the Mauritanian anti-slavery association arrested last month for “prompting armed protest in a slum of capital Nouakchott.” Thirteen people among whom 10 members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) have been standing trial since August 3. The defendants […]

US First Lady embarks on Africa trip: youth, empowering women, food crises on agenda

Jill Biden has started her trip to Africa as first lady, when she arrived in Namibia this Wednesday Feb.22, before later heading to Kenya. During her visit in the Southwest African nation of Namibia and the East African nation of Kenya, Biden will focus on women’s empowerment, children’s issues and the food insecurity that has […]