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Mauritania increases farming surface by 110%

Mauritania has reveal plans to increase its arable land by more than 100% in a drive towards satisfying almost 40% of the country’s cereal needs. This ambition is detailed in its 2013-2014 agriculture program, which was presented at the Council of Ministers by the Minister of Rural Development Brahim Ould Mohamed Ould El M’Bareck Mukhtar. […]

Two killed in Chad while trying to sneak in French military base

The Chadian army killed Wednesday September 6 two people who were trying to infiltrate a French military base in the northern city of Faya-Largeau amid protests against the death of a Chadian soldier at the hands of a French doctor. Protests erupted Tuesday September 5 in the city after Mahamat Dakou Hamid, a soldier in […]

Tunisia: Son-in-law of deposed President Ben Ali sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia

A court in capital Tunis handed a 15-year prison sentence to Sakhr El Matri, the son-in-law of late president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on corruption charges. El Matri according to media reports is mired in a corruption and administrative orders overrunning case involving a company that belonged to him in 2008. The ruling is […]