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Drop Zimbabwe sanctions, Cyril Ramaphosa tells Davos

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday called on the international community to end the economic sanctions against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is still subject to U.S. sanctions dating back to the rule of Mugabe, who stepped down in November 2017 and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa. The EU and the United States imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in […]

Madrid press body probes Spanish TV call for Morocco’s “destruction”

The Madrid Press Association has referred a formal complaint by Moroccan academic Lahcen Haddad to Spain’s journalism ethics commission after a Cuatro television debate aired unchallenged calls for the “political and economic destruction” of Morocco. On 31 July 2026, during the program Horizonte, guest Taleb Alisalem, a Polisario member with visceral hatred of all things […]

Algeria-WB: Difficult to do business in Algeria

The World Bank Doing Business 2016 report categorizes Algeria among countries “hostile’’ to investment, placing the country at the 163rd rank out of 189 countries, with Singapore topping the rankings. Despite a myriad of efforts to stimulate economic revival following a plunge of the country’s economy due to the collapse of oil prices, Algeria is […]