Borders between Tunisia and Libya are to reopen this Friday Sept.17 after more than one month closure because of COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening decision came after the Tunisian and Libyan committees of security and health reviewed the situation and after ministerial delegations from the two countries agreed at a meeting in Djerba on security and […]
The UN has removed cannabis from the list of the most dangerous drugs in a move that acknowledges the medical benefits of the plant and that can be followed by less restrictive measures. Morocco, one of the main sources of cannabis in the world, was the only country in the MENA region that voted in […]
Time and money are running out for Algeria as it eats into its foreign reserves trying to avert the inevitable: bankruptcy. The country’s Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has ordered an urgent spending cut to try to offset falling income from oil and gas. An unexpected rise in spending in 2020 due to the […]
