On September 1 evening, Abdulrahman Milad, also known as “Al-Bidja,” the Commander of the Naval Academy in Libya, was assassinated by gunmen as he was leaving the academy in Sayyad, located west of Tripoli. In response to the assassination, protests erupted in Zawiya, Milad’s hometown, where demonstrators blocked the coastal road. The former head of […]
Morocco is on its way to become the world’s third largest producer of aluminum wheels as it continues to attract investments by world automotive industry giants. On July 26, China’s Citic Dicastal signed a deal with the Moroccan government to build two plants for auto wheel production in Morocco with an investment of €350 million […]
With fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels moving closer to the key city of Goma, thousands of people have been displaced, plunging this volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into a looming humanitarian crisis. Clashes picked up again in the country’s North Kivu province last week, ending about […]
